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
Reken German
Schöppingen German
Südlohn German NERFINISHED
Legden German
Velen German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Trench Town, Kingston English
International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions Russian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions Arabic via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions Chinese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions Portuguese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions Dutch via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
South Stormont English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
South Stormont French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Newington, Ontario English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Cornwall Township English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Lancaster
surface form: Lancaster, Ontario
English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Lancaster
surface form: Lancaster, Ontario
French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Green Valley English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Green Valley French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Martintown English
Bainsville English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Bainsville French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Ingleside English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Ingleside French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Osnabruck Centre English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Township of Winchester English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Village of Chesterville English
Ziguinchor French
Municipality of Beirut Arabic
Medawar Arabic via predicate surface "officialLanguageOfCountry" NERFINISHED
San Andrés y Providencia Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough area English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
La Jacques-Cartier Regional County Municipality French
Blankenheim German
Toscana Aeroporti Italian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Roquebillière French
Bhabra Hindi
Changbin Township Mandarin Chinese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Tenggarong Indonesian
Shirpur Marathi via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Sakri Marathi via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Dondaicha Marathi via predicate surface "languageOfficial" NERFINISHED
Dhule Zilla Parishad Marathi via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Uruguay (co‑patron, in some Catholic traditions)
surface form: Uruguay
Spanish