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
Panamanians Spanish
Slater English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Toledo, Iowa English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Lac-Mégantic French
Saint-Georges French
Government of Mizoram English via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Government of Mizoram Mizo via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration" NERFINISHED
Lawngtlai district Mizo NERFINISHED
Lawngtlai district English
Kissamos Greek
Comune di Massa Italian via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Ninhue (village) Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Oost borough of Amsterdam Dutch via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Buganda Parliament (Lukiiko) Luganda
Herck-de-Stad Dutch
Phalodi Hindi
Yvoir French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Landkreis Böblingen Deutsch
Skive Municipality Danish
Conca de Barberà Catalan
Conca de Barberà Spanish
Faraskur Arabic
Kafr El Battikh Arabic
Mughal Subah of Deccan Persian via predicate surface "administrativeLanguage"
Airole Italian
Untergriesbach German NERFINISHED
Place de Rennes French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
St. Catherine Municipal Corporation English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Toyosato town government Japanese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Droisy French
Heimbach German
Zaječar Serbian
Ucluelet First Nation English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
West Jaintia Hills district English
North Herefordshire English
Town of Poestenkill, New York English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Administrative region of Upper Bavaria German
Ancon Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Nishitokyo Japanese
Dengkou County Chinese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Bunyoro Runyoro NERFINISHED
Ochsenhausen German NERFINISHED
Bloemenbuurt
surface form: Bloemenbuurt (Oegstgeest)
Dutch via predicate surface "administrativeLanguage"
Grunerie Dutch via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Stadtkreis Pforzheim German
CSV
surface form: Conseil scolaire Viamonde
French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Florești District Romanian
Hekou Yao Autonomous County Standard Chinese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Rummelsburg German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Viiala Finnish