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
Dundee
surface form: Dundee, KwaZulu-Natal
English
Dundee
surface form: Dundee, KwaZulu-Natal
Zulu NERFINISHED
Vyšné Nemecké Slovak
Kamenec pod Vtáčnikom Slovak via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
municipality of Aracati
surface form: Aracati
Portuguese language
surface form: Portuguese
Vicar Apostolic of New France Latin via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Vicar Apostolic of New France French via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Znamianka Ukrainian
York, Haldimand County, Ontario English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
People’s Committee of Mỹ Thành Commune Vietnamese via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Altenstadt (Iller) German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Buch (Swabia) German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
town of Mengen
surface form: Mengen
German
municipality of Sigmaringendorf
surface form: Sigmaringendorf
German
municipality of Inzigkofen
surface form: Inzigkofen
German
municipality of Herbertingen
surface form: Herbertingen
German NERFINISHED
municipality of Hohentengen
surface form: Hohentengen
German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
municipality of Ostrach
surface form: Ostrach
German
municipality of Illmensee
surface form: Illmensee
German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
municipality of Sauldorf
surface form: Sauldorf
German NERFINISHED
municipality of Leibertingen
surface form: Leibertingen
German NERFINISHED
municipality of Stetten am kalten Markt
surface form: Stetten am kalten Markt
German
municipality of Bingen (Baden)
surface form: Bingen (Baden)
German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Tocancipá, Cundinamarca Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
National Republican Congressional Committee English
Wakayama Prefecture government Japanese via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Toronto Ward 8 Eglinton–Lawrence English
Voronezh Governorate Russian via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Falkenberg German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Kanem Region French NERFINISHED
Kanem Region Arabic
Les Collines-de-l’Outaouais RCM French via predicate surface "languageOfficial"
Mexico City borough of Coyoacán
surface form: Coyoacán
Spanish
Amroha Hindi
Kra Daadi district English
Municipality of San Cristóbal de las Casas Spanish
Lobeček Czech via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Mikovice Czech
Zeměchy Czech via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Ga West Municipal District English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
comarca of La Palma Norte Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Municipality of Caldera Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Aabenraa harbor Danish via predicate surface "languageOfLocalAdministration"
Xinxiang Municipal People's Government Standard Chinese
Directory period of the French Revolution French via predicate surface "languageOfGovernment"
Hoh Indian Reservation English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
2018 Mexican general election Spanish via predicate surface "languageOfOfficialMaterials"
Palermo (Huila) Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Dosquebradas Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Belén de Umbría Spanish