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
Ringkjøbing County Danish
Casey
surface form: Casey, Iowa
English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Manta Spanish
Songwe Region Swahili via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Songwe Region English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Municipality of Huejutla de Reyes Spanish
arrondissement of Yssingeaux French via predicate surface "administrativeLanguage"
Lakalei Portuguese (environment language) via predicate surface "countryOfficialLanguage"
Lakalei Tetum (environment language) via predicate surface "countryOfficialLanguage"
Board of Trustees of the Town of Estes Park English via predicate surface "languageOfOfficialBusiness"
Kalyan-Dombivli Marathi NERFINISHED
Greater Madawaska English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Saalekreis German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Bhatpara Municipality Bengali via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Bhatpara Municipality English via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
GQ Spanish via predicate surface "countryOfficialLanguage"
GQ French via predicate surface "countryOfficialLanguage"
GQ Portuguese via predicate surface "countryOfficialLanguage"
Government of the Saar Protectorate German
Sariaya Filipino via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Sariaya English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Longchamp-sur-Aujon French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Jamaica
surface form: Jamaica, Iowa
English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Adjud, Romania
surface form: Adjud
Romanian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Kyushu region (Japan) for statistical purposes Japanese via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Okinawa Prefectural Assembly electoral districts Japanese via predicate surface "administrativeLanguage"
Bishop’s House, Coventry English via predicate surface "languageOfLocalAdministration"
Baling District Malay via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Konohana Ward Office Japanese via predicate surface "languageOfOfficialBusiness"
Municipality of Megisti Greek
Balaguer, Lleida, Catalonia, Spain
surface form: Balaguer
Catalan
Balaguer, Lleida, Catalonia, Spain
surface form: Balaguer
Spanish
Place Gambetta French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Saint-Sauveur-en-Puisaye French
Gobichettipalayam Tamil NERFINISHED
Kemalpaşa Turkish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Islamabad High Court English
Islamabad High Court Urdu
Aldama Municipality Spanish
Brahmapuri Marathi NERFINISHED
Badong County Standard Chinese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Xingshan County Chinese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Huimilpan Spanish
Later Tang Classical Chinese via predicate surface "languageOfGovernment"
Baltiysky Urban Okrug Russian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Alpnach German
Osuna Spanish
Niiza Japanese
Ponte da Barca Portuguese language
surface form: Portuguese
Viana do Castelo District Portuguese language
surface form: Portuguese