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
Canton of Glarus Swiss German dialects
City of Richmond English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Comune di Pisa Italian
Książ Wielkopolski Polish
Faaʻa French NERFINISHED
commune of Taiarapu-Ouest
surface form: Taiarapu-Ouest
French NERFINISHED
Municipality of Ancient Olympia Greek via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Centar Municipality Macedonian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
State Chancellery of Baden-Württemberg German
Unamen Shipu First Nation Innu-aimun NERFINISHED
Unamen Shipu First Nation French
Pekuakamiulnuatsh community Innu-aimun via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Pekuakamiulnuatsh community French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Saint-Point French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Paul municipality Portuguese language
surface form: Portuguese
Mueang Mae Hong Son District Thai via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Pang Mapha District Thai via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Ust-Dzhegutinsky District Russian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Marquis of Namur Latin via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Arbon District German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Kesswil German
Dozwil German
Langrickenbach German
Sommeri German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Birwinken German
Kudepsta microdistrict Russian
GP3 Series English
Tapalpa Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Municipality of Tapalpa Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Rennaz French
Zákupy, Czech Republic
surface form: Zákupy
Czech
district of Hameln-Pyrmont German via predicate surface "administrativeLanguage"
Municipality of Lugano Italian
Arrondissement of Diksmuide Dutch
City Hall of Diksmuide Dutch via predicate surface "hasLanguageOfOfficialBusiness"
Sanzhi, Taihoku Prefecture, Japanese Taiwan Japanese via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Debanandapur Bengali NERFINISHED
Gorxheimertal German
Viby Swedish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
canton of Diekirch Luxembourgish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
canton of Diekirch French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
canton of Diekirch German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Fondotoce Italian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Kudelstaart Dutch
municipality of Aalsmeer
surface form: Aalsmeer
Dutch
municipality of Kaag en Braassem
surface form: Kaag en Braassem
Dutch via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Love Hill English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Monroe County, Virginia English via predicate surface "languageOfOfficialActs"
Hoogersmilde Dutch via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Slemdal Norwegian Bokmål via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED