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
Rangamati Bengali via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Xcalakoop San Antonio Xpakay 9 Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Vicopisano Italian NERFINISHED
Zhijiang Dong Autonomous County Standard Chinese
Pendleton County, Kentucky English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Montreuil French
Xcalakoop San Manuel Spanish
Poncitlán Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Sidi Bou Zid Arabic
Saijō City Japanese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Denver, Pennsylvania English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Chickahominy Indian Tribe English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Uthai Thani province Thai
Amambay Department Spanish
Amambay Department Guaraní NERFINISHED
Blois-Champagne dynasty Old French via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
El Cocuy Spanish
Vaterstetten German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Adityapur Hindi via predicate surface "languageOfficial" NERFINISHED
Adityapur English via predicate surface "languageOfficial" NERFINISHED
Eek, Alaska English
Kozienice County Polish
Liujiang District Standard Chinese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Zawichost County Polish via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Xiangshan District Standard Chinese
Esenler Turkish
Richwood, Ohio English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Zapotlán del Rey Spanish
Härnösand Municipality Swedish
Ostrava-Poruba municipal district Czech via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Elliott, Illinois English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Ouémé Department French
Provincia del Chaco español via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Dennewitz German NERFINISHED
Meerwijk Dutch
Tempe Indonesian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Chojnice County Polish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Nissedal Norwegian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Santarcangelo di Romagna Italian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Kipnuk, Alaska English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Wentworth, Missouri English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Bergheim German
Higashikawa Japanese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Epinay-sur-Seine
surface form: Épinay-sur-Seine
French
Daemyeong-dong no (follows national language policy) via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguageStatus"
Wietzendorf German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Ubon Ratchathani Thai
Xcalakoop San Roque Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Kramfors Municipality Swedish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Kerkrade Dutch