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
建邺区 普通话
City of Antwerp administration Dutch
Districtshuis Merksem Dutch via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Havre-Saint-Pierre French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Nemocón Municipality Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Stuttgart city administration German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Spišská Stará Ves Slovak via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Schilde Dutch
Odos French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Łaziska Górne Polish
Bobrowniki Polish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Silesian Voivodeship government Polish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Chippewas of Nawash Unceded First Nation English
Neath Port Talbot area
surface form: Neath Port Talbot
English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Neath Port Talbot area
surface form: Neath Port Talbot
Welsh via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
The International (Dota 2) English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Mošnov Czech via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Linqu County Standard Chinese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
La Motte French
New Little Belt Bridge Danish
Scarborough North English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Sadosky Prize in Analysis English
Aïn Laloui Arabic via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Olingen Luxembourgish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Olingen French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Olingen German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Jung-gu
surface form: Jung-gu, Daegu
Korean via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Johnstown
surface form: Johnstown, Ontario
English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Ventnor English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Domville English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Maitlandview English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Gregg English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Gregg French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Morrisburg Junction English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Augusta English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Cona B Slovene
Cona B Croatian NERFINISHED
STO
surface form: Free Territory of Trieste
Italian via predicate surface "officialLanguages"
STO
surface form: Free Territory of Trieste
Slovene via predicate surface "officialLanguages"
Santa Catalina Spanish
Mantilla Spanish via predicate surface "officialLanguageOfCountry"
Poey Spanish via predicate surface "officialLanguageOfCountry" NERFINISHED
Tamarindo Spanish via predicate surface "officialLanguageOfArea" NERFINISHED
municipality of Domžale
surface form: Municipality of Domžale
Slovene
municipality of Kamnik
surface form: Municipality of Kamnik
Slovene via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
municipality of Grosuplje
surface form: Municipality of Grosuplje
Slovene
municipality of Medvode
surface form: Municipality of Medvode
Slovene via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
municipality of Litija
surface form: Municipality of Litija
Slovene via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
municipality of Mengeš
surface form: Municipality of Mengeš
Slovene via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
municipality of Trzin Slovene