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
UEFA Women’s competitions Russian via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Oregon Department of Revenue English
Oregon Business Development Department English
Oregon Lottery English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Zwanenburg Dutch via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Schneizlreuth German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Bischofswiesen German
Suyeong-gu Korean
Ville de Baie-Comeau French
Udumalaipettai Tamil via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Puran Tehsil Urdu via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Sanford
surface form: Sanford, Alabama
English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Machilipatnam Telugu via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
City of Monterrey Spanish
Town of Manchester-by-the-Sea (municipal park system) English via predicate surface "hasLanguageOfAdministration"
Orp-Jauche French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Perwez French
Walhain French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
former Province of Brabant
surface form: Province of Brabant
Dutch
former Province of Brabant
surface form: Province of Brabant
French
San Benito County Superior Court English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Gualeguaychú Department Spanish
Shegaon Marathi NERFINISHED
Deulgaon Raja Marathi via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Dano-Norwegian overseas maritime domains Danish via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Dano-Norwegian overseas maritime domains Norwegian via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration" NERFINISHED
SDG 7: Affordable and Clean Energy English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Curaco de Vélez Spanish
Saint-Just-d’Ardèche French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Bidon French
Verolanuova Italian
Nellore district Telugu NERFINISHED
Fosca Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Guayabetal Spanish
Quetame Spanish
Une Spanish
Wappen Berlins German
Blankenfelde-Mahlow German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Mohyliv-Podilskyi Ukrainian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Abgeordnetenhaus of Berlin German
Hizaori Japanese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
K3 League Korean
Beydağ Turkish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Braine-le-Château French
Valserhône French
Ubaque Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Dongping County Standard Chinese
Miraflores, Guaviare Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave Spanish
Waling Nepali via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED