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
São Lourenço da Mata Portuguese
Prazeres Portuguese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Prazeres district Portuguese
Curado district Portuguese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Sint-Gillis-bij-Dendermonde Dutch via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
City of Austin English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Aamjiwnaang First Nation English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Rustenburg Local Municipality English via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Rustenburg Local Municipality Setswana via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Linluo Township Mandarin Chinese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Oberbipp German
La Pointe-aux-Prairies French
Evenkiysky District Russian language via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Quy Hop District Vietnamese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Igbo-Eze South English via predicate surface "usesOfficialLanguage"
Montebello, Quebec French
Pico Truncado Spanish
FIBA Asia Under-16 Championship English
FIBA Asia Under-16 Championship French
FIBA Asia Under-16 Championship Arabic
FIBA Asia Under-16 Championship Spanish
FIBA Asia Under-16 Championship Chinese
Miaoli County Mandarin Chinese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Staßfurt German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Mbengwi French
Mbengwi English
Mezam Division French
Mezam Division English
Fort Apache Indian Reservation English
Superior General
surface form: Superior General of the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate
French
Nōgata Japanese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Zonguldak Turkish
Rio Gallegos
surface form: Río Gallegos
Spanish
Chamber of Deputies of Paraguay Spanish
Chamber of Deputies of Paraguay Guaraní
Al-Rutba District Arabic via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Gopalganj District Bengali
Rumisberg German
Brøndby Municipality Danish
Botkyrka region
surface form: Botkyrka Municipality
Swedish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Rauco Spanish
St. Wolfgang im Salzkammergut German
City of Melbourne English via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Chenghua District Standard Chinese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Jiuru Township Mandarin Chinese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Hualañé Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Majd al-Krum Hebrew
Pennenfeld German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Madaripur District Bengali via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Kreis Eisenach German via predicate surface "administrativeLanguage"