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
Aussig an der Elbe Czech via predicate surface "currentOfficialLanguage"
Municipality of Puerto Varas Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Częstochowa Voivodeship (former) Polish via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Municipality of Kozani Greek
Chamberlain Township English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Chamberlain Township French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Contumazá Province Spanish
Wangen an der Aare German
Bolshevik government of Russia Russian
eastern Nepal
surface form: Eastern Nepal
Nepali via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Xigazê City Standard Chinese
Xigazê municipal government Standard Chinese via predicate surface "usesOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Xigazê municipal government Tibetan via predicate surface "usesOfficialLanguage"
Xigazê prefecture-level city Standard Chinese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
British Empire in South Africa English via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
National Assembly of Cameroon French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
National Assembly of Cameroon English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Mungo Cameroon (not an official language) via predicate surface "countryOfficialLanguageContext"
Taiwu Township Mandarin Chinese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Grong Norwegian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Namsskogan Norwegian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Høylandet Norwegian via predicate surface "languageOfficial"
Leka Norwegian via predicate surface "languageOfficial" NERFINISHED
Hatchōbori Japanese
Yawal Marathi NERFINISHED
Dharangaon Marathi via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Donga-Mantung Division English
Donga-Mantung Division French
Momo Division English via predicate surface "usesOfficialLanguage"
Momo Division French via predicate surface "usesOfficialLanguage"
Bayang Cameroon is officially bilingual in French and English, influencing Bayang communities via predicate surface "countryOfficialLanguageContext" NERFINISHED
Anglophone regions of Cameroon English
Diamaré French
Diamaré English
Mayo-Danay French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Mayo-Danay English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Extrême-Nord French
Extrême-Nord English
Habsburg law German via predicate surface "languageOfLaw"
Habsburg law Latin via predicate surface "languageOfLaw"
Habsburg law local languages in crown lands via predicate surface "languageOfLaw"
Tillsonburg, Ontario English
Xinyuan Township Mandarin Chinese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Metković Croatian
Third Hellenic Republic Greek
Illinois's 6th congressional district English via predicate surface "languageOfOfficialBusiness"
Ekondo-Titi English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Ekondo-Titi French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Logone-et-Chari French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Logone-et-Chari English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"