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
Myton, Utah English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Linbian Township Mandarin Chinese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Valsad Gujarati
Gwalior district Hindi
Gwalior district Hindi via predicate surface "administrativeLanguage" NERFINISHED
Asten Dutch via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Saint-Pierre French
department of Martinique
surface form: Martinique
French
Le Lamentin French
Clyde Dam English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguageOfCountry"
Queenstown-Lakes District English
Queenstown-Lakes District Māori NERFINISHED
Lörrach German
Garvin County English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Qatar Fund for Development Arabic
Do Luong District Vietnamese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Rhode-Saint-Genèse Dutch via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Liga Nacional de Básquet Spanish
Place André-Malraux French via predicate surface "officialLanguageOfLocation"
Imperial City
surface form: Imperial City (Yuan Dadu)
Classical Chinese via predicate surface "languageOfOfficialUse" NERFINISHED
Imperial City
surface form: Imperial City (Yuan Dadu)
Mongolian via predicate surface "languageOfOfficialUse"
Annapolis County English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Digby County English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Orland Park Public Library Board of Trustees English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Ebensee subcamp German via predicate surface "hasLanguageOfAdministration"
Comune di Mirandola Italian
Kiiwetinoong English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Gmina Kluczewsko Polish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Gmina Moskorzew Polish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Gmina Radków Polish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Gmina Secemin Polish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
municipality of Kasos Greek
Ness Scottish Gaelic NERFINISHED
Ness English
Indian Education Service English via predicate surface "primaryLanguageOfAdministration"
Pławy Polish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Dwory II Polish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Stawy Monowskie Polish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Arvanitochori Greek via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Walcher, Bishop of Durham Latin via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Sainte-Foy–Sillery–Cap-Rouge borough
surface form: Sainte-Foy–Sillery–Cap-Rouge
French
Dongguan municipal government Standard Chinese
Amphoe Mueang Krabi Thai via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Hekelingen Dutch
Miraflores municipal buildings Spanish via predicate surface "languageOfOfficialBusiness"
High Commissioner of Denmark in the Faroe Islands Danish
High Commissioner of Denmark in the Faroe Islands Faroese
Speaker of the Løgting Faroese
Norðuri í Gerði Faroese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
municipality of Klaksvík Faroese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"