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
Kincardine, Ontario English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Southwest Middlesex English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Province of Vercelli Italian
Aquitania II Latin via predicate surface "administrativeLanguage"
Bussy-Saint-Georges French
Comune di Verona Italian
Vélizy-Villacoublay, France
surface form: Vélizy-Villacoublay
French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Eslohe German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Medebach German
Peel census division English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Ron Ridenhour Courage Prize English
modern Spain
surface form: Spain
Spanish
Goiânia Portuguese
Byzantine Empire under John VI Kantakouzenos Medieval Greek via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Lyuberetsky District Russian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Ribero Municipality Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Skokloster Swedish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
World Men's Handball Championship English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
World Men's Handball Championship French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
World Men's Handball Championship German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
World Men's Handball Championship Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Botanica sector Romanian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguageOfCountry"
Buiucani sector Romanian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Rat für gegenseitige Wirtschaftshilfe Russisch
municipal government of Clermont-Ferrand French via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Noord
surface form: Noord (Tilburg)
Dutch via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguageOfCountry"
Kwibuka (Remembrance) in Rwanda Kinyarwanda via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Kwibuka (Remembrance) in Rwanda English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Kwibuka (Remembrance) in Rwanda French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Wakatipu English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguageContext"
Wakatipu Māori via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguageContext"
Bortala Mongol Autonomous Prefecture Chinese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Tana Malagasy
Tana French
Haut-Nkam French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Haut-Nkam English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Hauts-Plateaux French via predicate surface "administrativeLanguage"
Hauts-Plateaux English via predicate surface "administrativeLanguage"
Herlev, Denmark
surface form: Herlev
Danish
Begumganj Upazila Bengali via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Pakur district Hindi
Pakur district Urdu NERFINISHED
Stirling Council English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
La Perla district Spanish
Chimbarongo Spanish
Placilla Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
New Orleans, Louisiana, United States English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
New Orleans, Louisiana, United States English
Bussnang, Switzerland
surface form: Bussnang
German
Witry-lès-Reims French