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
Thaba Chweu Local Municipality Afrikaans via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Thaba Chweu Local Municipality isiZulu via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Thaba Chweu Local Municipality siSwati via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Thaba Chweu Local Municipality Xitsonga via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Thaba Chweu Local Municipality Sepedi via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Nannestad Norwegian
Vilankulo District Portuguese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Massinga District Portuguese NERFINISHED
Solo City Indonesian
Nanded district Marathi NERFINISHED
Alberton English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Norfolk County, Ontario English via predicate surface "languageOfficial"
Atikokan Town Council English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Asker municipality Norwegian
1971 South Vietnamese presidential election Vietnamese via predicate surface "languageOfOfficialMaterials"
Navalagamella Spanish
AGMUT cadre English via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
AGMUT cadre Hindi via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Broadmoor English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Broadmoor French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Nantong Municipal Government Standard Chinese via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Schönaich German NERFINISHED
Ganjam district Odia
Kannur Municipal Corporation Malayalam via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
village of Klazienaveen
surface form: Klazienaveen
Dutch via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Ladário Portuguese
Municipal government of Corumbá Portuguese via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Takarano English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Paranoá (administrative region) Portuguese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Sergelen District Mongolian
Gorno-Altaysk Russian
NKVD Special Camp No. 9 Fünfeichen Russian via predicate surface "hasLanguageOfAdministration"
Hit District Arabic
Colony of South Australia English
Privacy Commissioner of Canada English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Privacy Commissioner of Canada French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development Arabic via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Lintong District Standard Chinese
Ñeembucú Department Spanish
Ñeembucú Department Guaraní NERFINISHED
Ochotnica Dolna Polish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Spokane Indian Reservation (partly)
surface form: Spokane Indian Reservation
English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Rhein-Neckar-Kreis German
city of Teruel
surface form: Teruel
Spanish
BS English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Dholera taluka Gujarati via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Dholera taluka Hindi via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Town of Mount Royal French
Town of Mount Royal English