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
Surrey parliamentary constituencies English via predicate surface "languageOfOfficialMaterials"
Diano Marina Italian
Camporosso Italian
Countesthorpe English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
High Sheriff of Leicestershire English via predicate surface "languageOfOfficialActs"
municipality of Distomo-Arachova-Antikyra
surface form: Distomo-Arachova-Antikyra
Greek
San Marcos District Spanish
Gregorio Pita District Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Hospental German
U.S. Women’s Mid-Amateur English via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Govuro District Portuguese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Valdemaqueda Spanish
Comune di Senigallia Italian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Lumnezia Romansh NERFINISHED
Lumnezia German
Surselva Romansh via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Bader, North Macedonia Macedonian NERFINISHED
Municipality of Zelenikovo Macedonian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Calamocha Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Matarraña comarca Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Cuenca province Spanish
Konstantinovo, Ryazan Governorate, Russian Empire Russian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Servicio Nacional de Áreas Naturales Protegidas por el Estado español
Lanark Highlands, Ontario English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Altay Prefecture Standard Chinese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Burqin County Standard Chinese
Hisa-i-Awali Bihsud District Dari Persian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Hisa-i-Awali Bihsud District Pashto via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
ISSC
surface form: International Social Science Council
English
ISSC
surface form: International Social Science Council
French
Berkel en Rodenrijs Dutch
Siliana Governorate Arabic
Kraków District German via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Kraków District Polish via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Baohe District Standard Chinese
Gevelsberg German
Reichenau an der Rax German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Asago city authorities Japanese via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Artà Spanish
Artà Catalan NERFINISHED
Capdepera Catalan NERFINISHED
Capdepera Spanish
Son Servera Spanish
Son Servera Catalan
Sant Llorenç des Cardassar Catalan
Sant Llorenç des Cardassar Spanish
Savannah Region English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Ghanaians English
Rada Tilly Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Departamento Sarmiento Spanish