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
Gmina Kościelisko Polish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Gmina Poronin Polish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Pollachi Tamil NERFINISHED
Poluvsie Slovak via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Sainte-Famille-de-l’Île-d’Orléans French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Sainte-Pétronille French via predicate surface "languageOfficial"
Sainte-Pétronille French
Leszno County (land county administration located in Leszno)
surface form: Leszno County
Polish via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Cartierville French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Montauban-sur-l’Ouvèze French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Gochsheim German
Üchtelhausen German NERFINISHED
Wiesentheid German
1991 FIFA World Youth Championship Portuguese
Monte Compatri Italian
Peñón de Alhucemas Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Rimatara French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Dawu Township Mandarin Chinese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Böheimkirchen German
Dacheng County Standard Chinese
North Stormont English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Glen Walter English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Glen Walter French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Inkerman, Ontario English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Riehen, Switzerland
surface form: Riehen
German
Eonyang-eup Korean via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Doti District Nepali NERFINISHED
Malampa Province Bislama via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Malampa Province English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Malampa Province French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Avdira Greek via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Overath German
Rivière-du-Loup, Quebec
surface form: Rivière-du-Loup
French
Rivière-du-Loup French
Embassy of Lebanon in France Arabic via predicate surface "officialLanguageUsed"
Embassy of Lebanon in France French via predicate surface "officialLanguageUsed"
Embassy of Lebanon in France English via predicate surface "officialLanguageUsed"
Kawartha Lakes City Council English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Red Nacional de Rutas de Argentina Spanish
Farnworth Municipal Borough Council English via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Kolubara coal basin Serbian via predicate surface "languageOfLocalAdministration"
Stepojevac Serbian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
UEFA Women's Euro 2001 German
UEFA Women's Euro 2001 English
Nottingham Road Cemetery, Derby English via predicate surface "hasLanguageOfLocalAdministration"
Inishmaan Irish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
San Pablo Province Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Hung Yen Vietnamese via predicate surface "languageOfficial" NERFINISHED
San Lazzaro di Savena Italian
Zola Predosa Italian