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
Vallée-du-Ntem French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Vallée-du-Ntem English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Radom County Polish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Noginsky District Russian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Benítez Municipality Spanish
Birsingha Bengali via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Birsingha English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Saint-Isidore, Quebec, Canada French
Rust, Baden-Württemberg, Germany German
Commission mixte internationale English
Commission mixte internationale French
Commission for Environmental Cooperation English
Commission for Environmental Cooperation French
Commission for Environmental Cooperation Spanish
St. Stephen, New Brunswick English
Williamswood English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Chhatarpur Municipal Council Hindi via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration" NERFINISHED
El Maragha Arabic
Saqilatuh Arabic
Juhayna Arabic via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
El Monshaah Arabic via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Lyngby-Taarbæk Municipality Danish
Greve Municipality Danish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Catholic Church worldwide
surface form: Catholic Church
Latin via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Bradford
surface form: Bradford, Ontario
English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Hingoli Marathi NERFINISHED
Mbouda French via predicate surface "officialLanguageOfCountry"
Mbouda English via predicate surface "officialLanguageOfCountry" NERFINISHED
Colony of Canada English
Colony of Canada French
Santa Cristina Valgardena Italian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Santa Cristina Valgardena German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Santa Cristina Valgardena Ladin via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Buton Regency Indonesian
Saluan none via predicate surface "countryOfficialLanguageOf"
Poso Regency Indonesian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Isnag-Isneg none via predicate surface "countryOfficialLanguageOf"
Rizal, Cagayan Filipino via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Rizal, Cagayan English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Conner, Apayao Filipino via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Conner, Apayao English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Sachsenhausen
surface form: Sachsenhausen (Giengen an der Brenz)
German
Tonga archipelago Tongan via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Tonga archipelago English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Companiganj Upazila Bengali
Sainthia Bengali NERFINISHED
Chepica Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Tulalip Indian Reservation English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Reigoldswil German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Ehlanzeni District Municipality English