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
Deiringsen German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Hiddingsen German
Röllingsen German
Virginia House of Delegates districts English via predicate surface "languageOfOfficialMaterials"
Khong Chiam District Thai via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Sisaket Province Thai
Annaba District Arabic via predicate surface "usesOfficialLanguage"
Annaba District Tamazight via predicate surface "usesOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Lalmohan Upazila Bengali
Manyoni District Swahili via predicate surface "administrativeLanguage"
Manyoni District English via predicate surface "administrativeLanguage"
Gajsinghpur Hindi
Hamren Assamese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Norberg Municipality Swedish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Verkhnyaya Pyshma Russian
Tototlán Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Vega Baja, Puerto Rico Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Vega Baja, Puerto Rico English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Seo-gu
surface form: Seo-gu, Daegu
Korean
Rheinsfelden German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Rümlang German NERFINISHED
Rümlang German via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Höri German NERFINISHED
Municipio Girardot Spanish
municipality of Bergen, North Holland Dutch
Governor of Uttarakhand Hindi
Lab English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Lab Irish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Oberdrees German
Kırıkhan Turkish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Hunga Tongan via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguageOfCountry"
Hunga English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguageOfCountry" NERFINISHED
Glattfelden German via predicate surface "languageOfficial"
Shivamogga district Kannada NERFINISHED
Zhoucun District Chinese
Mpulungu District English
Mpulungu District Bemba via predicate surface "nationalLanguage" NERFINISHED
Sardinata Spanish
Cooch Behar Municipality Bengali via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Cooch Behar Municipality English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Purulia subdivision Bengali via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Brava Municipality Portuguese language
surface form: Portuguese
Cova Rodela Portuguese via predicate surface "officialLanguageOfCountry" NERFINISHED
Ayuntamiento de Arona Spanish via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Grandview Cemetery, Chillicothe, Ohio, United States English via predicate surface "languageOfLocalAdministration"
Montesilvano Italian
Zandhoven Dutch
Saint-Lambert, Quebec French
San Jerónimo Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"