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
Awutu Senya East Municipal District English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Fontenay-le-Comte French
Chełmno County Polish
Bayerisch Gmain German
Vinnytsia Oblast State Administration Ukrainian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Cangas Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Cangas Galician via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Hermsdorf German NERFINISHED
Al-Majma'ah Governorate Arabic
Kahalgaon Hindi
La Pintana Spanish
Mezdra Bulgarian NERFINISHED
Varde Danish
Lage German NERFINISHED
Government of French Polynesia French
Government of French Polynesia Tahitian NERFINISHED
Pärnu County Estonian
La Puebla de Montalbán Spanish
Tanda Persian via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration" NERFINISHED
Peelamedu Tamil NERFINISHED
Palakkad Malayalam
Palakkad English
Bijapur district Kannada NERFINISHED
Martung Tehsil Urdu via predicate surface "nationalLanguage" NERFINISHED
Gmina Kołobrzeg Polish
Phillips, Wisconsin, United States of America
surface form: Phillips, Wisconsin
English
Town of Milo, New York English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Moclan Union Moclan language
Nuzvid Telugu NERFINISHED
Jaggaiahpet Telugu NERFINISHED
Kanchikacherla Telugu NERFINISHED
Municipality of García Spanish
Municipality of Juárez (Nuevo León) Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Santa Catarina, Nuevo León Spanish
state of Tabasco
surface form: Tabasco
Spanish
city of Huimanguillo
surface form: Huimanguillo
Spanish
Huimanguillo Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
municipality of Cárdenas Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
municipality of Comalcalco Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
municipality of Cunduacán Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
municipality of Paraíso
surface form: Paraíso (municipality)
Spanish
municipality of Tacotalpa Spanish
Tiscamanita Spanish
Flag of New Mexico yellow field charged with a red sun symbol of the Zia via predicate surface "officialLanguageDescription"
An Tairbeart English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Municipality of Vallenar Spanish via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Count of Ravensberg Middle Low German via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration" NERFINISHED
Count of Ravensberg German via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Resita
surface form: Reșița
Romanian
Communauté d’agglomération de Vesoul French