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
Fet Norwegian via predicate surface "languageOfficial" NERFINISHED
Ilebu prison camp German via predicate surface "hasLanguageOfAdministration"
Ilebu prison camp Norwegian via predicate surface "hasLanguageOfAdministration"
Municipal government of Pátzcuaro Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Krishnanagar II CD block Bengali via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Telč Czech NERFINISHED
Světlá nad Sázavou Czech
UNESCO World Heritage Site Telč
surface form: Telč
Czech
Regional Council of Vysočina Czech via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Salleri Nepali NERFINISHED
OLC Japanese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Maihama Resort Line Co., Ltd. Japanese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Bilara Hindi
Bilara Rajasthani NERFINISHED
Shergarh Hindi
District Administration Jodhpur Hindi via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration" NERFINISHED
Hobo Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Santa Maria da Feira Portuguese language
surface form: Portuguese
Gondomar Portuguese language
surface form: Portuguese
RSHM
surface form: Religious of the Sacred Heart of Mary
French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
RSHM
surface form: Religious of the Sacred Heart of Mary
English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Seedorf (Uri) German
Silenen German NERFINISHED
Dulliken German NERFINISHED
Starrkirch-Wil German
Butschbach German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Stadelhofen German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Le Chenit French
L’Isle French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Feicheng Standard Chinese
Ningyang County Chinese
Taian Municipal People’s Government Standard Chinese
Meta, Missouri English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Calamar, Guaviare Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
El Retorno, Guaviare Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Garzón, Huila Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Gigante, Huila Spanish
Kawawachikamach English
Kawawachikamach French
government of Entre Ríos Province
surface form: Government of Entre Ríos Province
Spanish via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Pangutaran municipality, Sulu
surface form: Pangutaran
Filipino via predicate surface "nationalLanguage" NERFINISHED
Pangutaran municipality, Sulu
surface form: Pangutaran
English
משרד הפנים עברית via predicate surface "שפה רשמית"
municipality of Molenlanden
surface form: Molenlanden
Dutch
Sendling-Westpark German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Government of Tamaulipas Spanish
Ulsan City Hall Korean via predicate surface "languageOfOfficialBusiness"
Jung-gu, Ulsan Korean
Jung-gu, Ulsan Korean via predicate surface "administrativeLanguage"
Gagra Georgian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguageDeJure"