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
Kitchener Centre English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Kitchener Centre French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Windsor West English
Windsor West French
Northumberland—Peterborough South English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Nakijin Village government Japanese via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Leuwiliang Indonesian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Leuwisadeng Indonesian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Ayuntamiento de Guadalupe Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Beni Douala Arabic via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Aït Aggouacha Arabic via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Bulgarian Ministry of Culture Bulgarian
Gy French
Conseil administratif de Meinier French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Presinge municipality
surface form: Presinge
French
Yamalo-Nenets
surface form: Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug
Russian
Actopan Municipality Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
central Hidalgo
surface form: Central Hidalgo
Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
central Hidalgo
surface form: Central Hidalgo
Spanish via predicate surface "administrativeLanguage"
Mineral de la Reforma Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Tazmalt Arabic
M'Sila Province Arabic
Bispingen German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Iranshahr Persian NERFINISHED
Gobardanga Bengali NERFINISHED
Baranagar Municipality Bengali via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Baranagar Municipality English via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Kanchrapara Municipality Bengali via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Kanchrapara Municipality English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Sotkamo Finnish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Rødovre Municipality Danish
Río Viejo Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Barranco Hondo Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
ES70 Canarias Spanish
Nordkirche German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
state chancellery of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
surface form: State Chancellery of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
municipality of Kastelruth
surface form: Kastelruth
German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
municipality of Kastelruth
surface form: Kastelruth
Italian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Sius German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Sius Italian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Châtenay-Malabry, France
surface form: Châtenay-Malabry
French
Bretteville-sur-Odon French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Arrondissement of Hasselt Dutch
New York State Office for the Prevention of Domestic Violence English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Capital Ward English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Capital Ward French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Comune di Sgonico Italian
Zgonik Italian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Gabrovizza Italian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Samatorza Italian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"