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
Farnstädt German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Driebruggen Dutch
Schönenbuch German
Wolvertem Dutch NERFINISHED
Municipality of El Monte English via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration" NERFINISHED
Útica Spanish
Xuanwei, Yunnan, China
surface form: Xuanwei
Standard Chinese
Jaintia Hills Autonomous District Council English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Baghmara English
Samtse District Dzongkha via predicate surface "usesOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Jaigaon Bengali NERFINISHED
Landeck District German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Gmina Pińczów Polish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Grodzisk Mazowiecki Polish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Morlanwelz French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Mount Desert, Maine English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Varna Municipality Bulgarian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Rezina District Romanian
Västanfjärd Swedish
Västanfjärd Finnish
Trinidad Spanish
1994 FIFA World Cup qualification English
1994 FIFA World Cup qualification French
1994 FIFA World Cup qualification Spanish
Acurenam Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Acurenam French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Acurenam Portuguese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Acurenam Spanish via predicate surface "countryOfficialLanguage"
Acurenam French via predicate surface "countryOfficialLanguage"
Acurenam Portuguese via predicate surface "countryOfficialLanguage"
Kitahiroshima Japanese
Date, Hokkaido Japanese
Toyoura Japanese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Santa Cruz, RN Portuguese language
surface form: Portuguese
Comarca of Fuerteventura (island-wide) Spanish
Archbishop of Rossano Italian via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Jerantut Malay via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Fosca Spanish
Chipaque Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
White Settlement Police Department English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Comune di Foggia Italian
Vejle Town Hall Danish via predicate surface "hasLanguageOfAdministration"
Sirius Urban Okrug Russian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Frogn municipality Bokmål NERFINISHED
Píngdǐngshān Standard Chinese
Commission of the European Atomic Energy Community French
Commission of the European Atomic Energy Community German
Commission of the European Atomic Energy Community Italian
Commission of the European Atomic Energy Community Dutch
Municipality of Agulo Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"