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
Hadiach Uyezd Russian via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Ilam Province Persian NERFINISHED
Purwakarta Regency Indonesian
Abu Iqal al-Aghlab Arabic via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Lavia Finnish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Vesilahti Finnish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Bermúdez Municipality Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Bolívar Municipality (Sucre) Spanish
South Tapanuli Regency Indonesian language via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Terrace Bay English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Municipality of McKellar English
Chiguata District Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Sachaca District Spanish
Gmina Skarżysko Kościelne Polish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
El Masnou, Spain
surface form: El Masnou
Catalan NERFINISHED
El Masnou, Spain
surface form: El Masnou
Spanish
EuroBasket English
EuroBasket French
EuroBasket Spanish
EuroBasket German
Équemauville French
Autonomous community of Castile-La Mancha Spanish
Hachiōji City Hall Japanese via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Al-Shuyukh Arabic
Guernsey English
European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights all official languages of the European Union
subprefecture of Vaucluse French via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Al-Oud district Arabic via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
North Banat District Serbian via predicate surface "officialLanguageIn"
Maasdriel Dutch
Heesch (Bernheze) Dutch via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Haren Dutch via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Macharen Dutch via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Herpen Dutch via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Dieden Dutch via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Demenen Dutch
Overlangel Dutch via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Geffen Dutch via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Vinkel Dutch via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Lennisheuvel Dutch via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Netersel Dutch via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
first Kuyper cabinet Dutch via predicate surface "languageOfGovernment"
Gaspé, Quebec French
Arrondissement of Veurne Dutch
NKVD Special Camp No. 1 Mühlberg Russian via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
NKVD Special Camp No. 1 Mühlberg German via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Comune di Brindisi Italian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Extremoz Portuguese via predicate surface "languageOfficial"
Goalpara, Assam, India Assamese NERFINISHED
Unterliederbach German NERFINISHED