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
Humbeek Dutch via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Gyeyang-gu Korean
Gardelegen German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Strombeek-Bever Dutch
Alderney English
Yunxi District Standard Chinese
Heinsberg German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Miller, Missouri English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Noorvik, Alaska English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Xcalakoop San Juan Bautista Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Londerzeel Dutch
Jülich German
Xiqing District Standard Chinese
Gosselies French
Bieruń-Lędziny County Polish
Gwangsan District Korean
Tianjia'an District Standard Chinese
Xcalakoop Santa Lucía Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Kafr El Sheikh Governorate Arabic via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Sipajhar Assamese NERFINISHED
Biswanath Chariali Assamese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Biswanath Chariali English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Xcalakoop Santa Rita Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Poarch, Alabama English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Gooise Meren Dutch via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Xcalakoop Santa Cruz Palomeque Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Benue-Plateau State English
Gescher German
Sinchang-dong Korean
Kłobuck County Polish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Voorhout Dutch via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Ubon Ratchathani Province Thai
Newington English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Newington French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Kemerovo Oblast Russian
Crosne French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Aartselaar Dutch via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Borsbeek Dutch via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Stalowa Wola Polish
Edegem Dutch
Cumilla District Bengali NERFINISHED
Wijnegem Dutch
Wommelgem Dutch via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Imielno Polish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Blood 148 Indian reserve English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Magrath English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Hillspring English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Welling English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Del Bonita English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Beazer English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"