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
Chanthaburi Province Thai
Wrocław County Polish via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Departamento del Meta Spanish
Villetaneuse French
Morris, Alabama English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Zeewolde Dutch via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Holguín Spanish
Wuustwezel Dutch
South Region of Brazil Portuguese language
surface form: Portuguese
Michuhol-gu Korean via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Malokurilskoye Russian
Zoersel Dutch via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Buysscheure French
Poperinge Dutch via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Boden Municipality Swedish via predicate surface "languageOfficial"
eastern Sulawesi Indonesian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Granada
surface form: Granada, Cundinamarca
Spanish
Kağıthane district
surface form: Kağıthane
Turkish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Omsk Oblast Russian
Istanbul Technical University Rectorate Turkish via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Abensberg German
Kędzierzyn-Koźle Polish
Republic of Komi Russian
Republic of Komi Komi NERFINISHED
Steinfurt German NERFINISHED
Vélizy-Villacoublay French
province of Quebec French
province of Quebec English
Regional County Municipality of Manicouagan French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Matane, Quebec French
Commune of Bandrele French
Commune of Chirongui French via predicate surface "administrativeLanguage"
Guaymas Municipality Spanish
Empalme Spanish
Ramnagar Hindi
Ramnagar Sanskrit NERFINISHED
Swedish Institute Swedish
Swedish Institute English
Alcaldía de Bucaramanga Spanish
Bois-Colombes French
Bugna woreda Amharic via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Wadla woreda Amharic via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Harari regional administration Amharic via predicate surface "usesOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Harari regional administration Harari via predicate surface "usesOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Harari regional administration Oromo via predicate surface "usesOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Ainring German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Teisendorf German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Saaldorf-Surheim German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Marktschellenberg German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Anger German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"