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
Ehlanzeni District Municipality isiZulu
Ehlanzeni District Municipality siSwati
Ehlanzeni District Municipality Xitsonga
Ehlanzeni District Municipality Sepedi NERFINISHED
Bazeilles French via predicate surface "languageOfficial"
Messancy French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Public Prosecutor's Office of Ecuador Spanish
Ministerio de Defensa Nacional
surface form: Ministerio de Defensa Nacional (Ecuador)
Spanish
Khulna District Bengali
Tacaná Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Nijensleek Dutch via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Eemster Dutch via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Czech Republic and Slovakia
surface form: Czech Republic
Czech
Czech Republic and Slovakia
surface form: Slovakia
Slovak NERFINISHED
Pingtung City Mandarin Chinese NERFINISHED
Tarazona Spanish
Daroca Spanish
Chuvash ASSR Russian
Chuvash ASSR Chuvash NERFINISHED
Pre-autonomous institutions of Andalusia Spanish via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Ronse Dutch
Lokeren Dutch
Calvi arrondissement French
Sunshine Coast Regional District English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Tla’amin treaty settlement lands English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Cascina Italian
Montgomery County Circuit Court English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
UEFA Champions League qualifying rounds English
UEFA Champions League qualifying rounds French
UEFA Champions League qualifying rounds German
UEFA Champions League qualifying rounds other UEFA official languages
High Public Prosecutors Offices of Japan Japanese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Harris Township English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Harris Township French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Susut District Indonesian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Ziyang Standard Chinese
Zawichost Polish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Konotop Uyezd Russian via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Hlukhiv Uyezd Russian via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Dar El Salam Arabic
Region of Durham English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Region of Halton English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Town of Mono English via predicate surface "languageOfficial"
Kempen, Germany German
Vila do Conde, Portugal
surface form: Vila do Conde
Portuguese NERFINISHED
Panem English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Cortaillod French
Brigittenau German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Kingdom of Iceland Icelandic
Łapsze Niżne Polish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"