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
Municipality of Maunabo Spanish
Municipality of Maunabo English
Verrières French
Güímar Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Kiowa Indian Tribe of Oklahoma English
Demerara-Essequibo English
Buk-gu
surface form: Buk-gu, Daegu
Korean via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Eskasoni First Nation English
Rēzekne Latvian
Fouesnant French
Deià Spanish
Deià Catalan
Severodvinsk Urban Okrug Russian
Severodvinsk Urban Okrug Russian via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Municipality of Santa María del Oro Spanish
Bishop of Constance Latin via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Bishop of Constance German via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Baschi Italian
Lugnano in Teverina Italian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Association of Tennis Professionals English
Porsche Carrera Cup Germany German
Teakettle English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Communauté d’Agglomération Sophia Antipolis French via predicate surface "administrativeLanguage"
Munich (district) German
Owen German
San Francisco Supervisorial District 2 English via predicate surface "languageOfGovernment"
Sévaré French via predicate surface "officialLanguageOfCountry"
Dolní Vilémovice Czech via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Valle de Banderas Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Kamo Japanese NERFINISHED
Beesel Dutch via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Sheopur Vidhan Sabha constituency Hindi via predicate surface "administrativeLanguage" NERFINISHED
Government Palace of Zacatecas Spanish via predicate surface "languageOfOfficialUse"
Municipality of Zacatecas Spanish
Government of the State of Zacatecas Spanish
Pionersky Russian
Sambia Russian via predicate surface "currentOfficialLanguage"
Count of Jülich Latin via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Count of Jülich Middle High German via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration" NERFINISHED
Chorlu Turkish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Ramtek Marathi
Dongying District Standard Chinese
Villa of the President (Villa Monéjan) French via predicate surface "hasLanguageOfLocalAdministration"
Sainte-Adèle, Canada
surface form: Sainte-Adèle
French
New York City Council District 25 English via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Beringen Dutch
Yunhe District Standard Chinese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Bordeaux
surface form: Bordeaux (Montreal neighbourhood)
French
Peize Dutch
Huanghua Town Standard Chinese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"