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
Kertajati Indonesian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Yeonsu-gu Korean
Matzingen German NERFINISHED
Ngũ Hành Sơn District Vietnamese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Leppävirta Finnish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Bretteville-l'Orgueilleuse French
Epazoyucan Spanish
Sofia City Province Bulgarian
Bouraoui Belhadef Arabic via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Hoste Island Spanish via predicate surface "officialLanguageOfCountry"
University of Pannonia Hungarian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Flensburg Government of Karl Dönitz German via predicate surface "languageOfGovernment"
Ingermanland Governorate Russian via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Sandfield English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Sandfield French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Old Spring Bay English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Old Spring Bay French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Dryden’s Corner English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Dryden’s Corner French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Poplar
surface form: Poplar, Central Manitoulin
English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Long Bay English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Long Bay French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Big Lake Ranch English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Big Lake Ranch French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Radom City Council Polish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Radomir Bulgarian
Imperial Japan Japanese
Board of Education of the Los Angeles Unified School District English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Ángel Sandoval Province Spanish
Guarayos Province Spanish
Dolna Banya Municipality Bulgarian
Nam Truc District Vietnamese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Dongzhi County Standard Chinese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Brampton Town Council English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Bandar Lengeh Persian NERFINISHED
Jask Persian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Kepsut Turkish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Altıeylül Turkish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Revda Russian
Bogdanovich Russian NERFINISHED
Cochrane, Alberta English
Houston City Council District D English via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Chínipas de Almada Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Egyptian monarchy Arabic
Yakub Beg Turki via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Yakub Beg Persian via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Grünwald German
Ende Regency Indonesian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Ngada Regency Indonesian
Ballari district Kannada NERFINISHED