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
Палилула сербский язык via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Ministry of Defence of Serbia Serbian
Belgrade City Assembly buildings (some departments) Serbian via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Czech Republic national football team Czech via predicate surface "officialLanguageOfTeamCountry"
Farsund Norwegian via predicate surface "languageOfficial" NERFINISHED
Sajik-dong Korean via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Øravík Faroese
Gaissau German
Auderghem French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Auderghem Dutch via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Panjab Dari Persian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Panjab Pashto via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Jhenaidah District Bengali via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
NKVD Special Camp No. 5 Ketschendorf Russian via predicate surface "hasLanguageOfAdministration"
Straumen Norwegian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Sandvollan Norwegian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Centre-du-Québec French
Hunchun Standard Chinese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Wangqing County Standard Chinese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Dezhou Standard Chinese
Feni District Bengali
Uccle, Belgium
surface form: Uccle
French
Uccle, Belgium
surface form: Uccle
Dutch
Beauharnois‑Salaberry French
Haut‑Saint‑Laurent French
Vallecrosia Italian
Santo Stefano al Mare Italian
Chigorodó Spanish
Northern State, Sudan Arabic
Brong-Ahafo Region English
Nanaimo First Nation English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Ra'anana Hebrew via predicate surface "languageOfficial"
Coveñas Spanish
Hudson Township English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Meishan Standard Chinese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Mora de Rubielos Spanish
FIFA Puskás Award English
FIFA Puskás Award French
FIFA Puskás Award Spanish
FIFA Puskás Award German
FIFA Puskás Award Arabic
FIFA Puskás Award Portuguese
FIFA Puskás Award Russian
Ballard County, Kentucky English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Rue de la Pointe-du-Moulin French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguageContext"
Lippstadt German
Bad Kissingen German NERFINISHED
Kef Governorate Arabic via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Luyang District Standard Chinese
Austria and Hungary
surface form: Austria
German