officialLanguage

P236
predicate

Indicates that a particular language has been formally designated by an authority as the official language used for government, legal, or administrative purposes in a given jurisdiction.

All labels observed (178)

Label Occurrences
officialLanguage canonical 23,795
hasOfficialLanguage 16,380
languageOfAdministration 2,109

Description generation (PDg)

The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the predicate name and this instruction.

Instruction
Given a predicate that represents a relationship or action between entities, generate a one-sentence description explaining its meaning.  
# Instructions
Focus on describing the relationship, not the entities themselves. 
# Response Format
Begin the description with \' Indicates...\'
Input
Predicate: officialLanguage
Generated description
Indicates that a particular language has been formally designated by an authority as the official language used for government, legal, or administrative purposes in a given jurisdiction.

Sample triples (46,259)

Subject Object
Songpa District Korean via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Stalowa Wola County Polish via predicate surface "administrativeLanguage"
Baripada Odia NERFINISHED
Montreal Citizens' Movement French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Montreal Citizens' Movement English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
PSC
surface form: Public Safety Canada
English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
PSC
surface form: Public Safety Canada
French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Pennsylvania colonial government English
West Wendover City Council English (de facto working language) via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Bonheiden Dutch
Østensjø Norwegian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Halle
surface form: Halle (Flemish Brabant)
Dutch via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Asse Dutch
Bronckhorst Dutch via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Montferland Dutch
Dalfsen Dutch
Saffais French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Nelson City English
Nelson City Māori
Talaja Gujarati via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Talaja Hindi via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Gariadhar Gujarati NERFINISHED
Calvin English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
West Nipissing English
West Nipissing French NERFINISHED
Encrucijada, Las Villas, Cuba Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Abbot of Waverley Latin via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Sangi Takht District Dari NERFINISHED
Sangi Takht District Pashto NERFINISHED
Township of Severn English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Township of Tiny English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Átl’ka7tsem English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguageContext"
Sucre Municipality Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Cruz Salmerón Acosta Municipality Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Valdez Municipality Spanish
Península de Paria Municipality Spanish
San Pedro, Coahuila, Mexico Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Municipality of Havana Spanish via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
canton of La Tour-du-Pin French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Regal period of Rome Latin via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Federal Military Government of Nigeria English
GUAM English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
GUAM Russian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
GUAM member states' national languages via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Polokwane Local Municipality Sepedi via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Polokwane Local Municipality English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Polokwane Local Municipality Afrikaans via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Polokwane Local Municipality Xitsonga via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Polokwane Local Municipality Tshivenda via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Äetsä Finnish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"