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
Kaufbeuren German
Casey Township English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Casey Township French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Ingersheim German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
San Ignacio Province Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Barbate Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Grand Duchy of Cracow Polish
Grand Duchy of Cracow German
Port Gamble S’Klallam Tribe English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Itaitinga Portuguese
Dinant French
Porto da Folha Portuguese
Gararu Portuguese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Aquidabã Portuguese
Kishoreganj District Bengali
Gonda district Hindi via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Shravasti district Hindi
municipality of Santa Luzia do Norte
surface form: Santa Luzia do Norte
Portuguese
municipality of Pilar
surface form: Pilar (Alagoas)
Portuguese
Naihati Municipality Bengali via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
La Jacques-Cartier French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
La Côte-de-Beaupré Regional County Municipality French via predicate surface "languageOfficial"
Szekszárd Hungarian via predicate surface "languageOfficial"
Chemawawin Cree Nation Cree via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Chemawawin Cree Nation English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Pechengsky District Russian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Kateel Durgaparameshwari Temple Kannada via predicate surface "stateOfficialLanguage"
Township of Laurentian Valley English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Aurora Province Filipino
Aurora Province English
Eeyou Istchee Baie-James French
Eeyou Istchee Baie-James Cree NERFINISHED
Portneuf French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Charlevoix-Est Regional County Municipality French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Île-d'Arz French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Herne Dutch
Lausanne city hall French via predicate surface "hasLanguageOfAdministration"
Gouyave, Grenada English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Trillium Book Award English
Trillium Book Award French
Builsa English via predicate surface "countryOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Indian state of Odisha
surface form: Odisha
Odia NERFINISHED
Que Phong District Vietnamese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Hoang Mai town-level city Vietnamese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
People's Committee of Nghe An Province Vietnamese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
United States Embassy in Beirut English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
United States Embassy in Beirut Arabic via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Saint-Hyacinthe French
Chalisgaon Marathi NERFINISHED
Jamner Marathi via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED