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
municipal council of Orduña Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
municipal council of Orduña Basque via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
São Teotónio Portuguese language
surface form: Portuguese
Huron County English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Świętochłowice Polish
Embassy of the United Kingdom in Moscow English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Embassy of Kuwait in Moscow Arabic via predicate surface "officialLanguageUsed"
Embassy of Kuwait in Moscow Russian via predicate surface "officialLanguageUsed"
Embassy of Kuwait in Moscow English via predicate surface "officialLanguageUsed"
Embassy of Nicaragua in Moscow Spanish via predicate surface "officialLanguageUsed"
Embassy of Nicaragua in Moscow Russian via predicate surface "officialLanguageUsed"
Embassy of Syria in Moscow Arabic
Embassy of Syria in Moscow Russian
Embassy of Syria in Moscow English
Embassy of Oman in Moscow Arabic via predicate surface "officialLanguageUsed"
Embassy of Oman in Moscow Russian via predicate surface "officialLanguageUsed"
Embassy of Oman in Moscow English via predicate surface "officialLanguageUsed"
Embassy of Chile in Moscow Spanish
Eschbach German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Arroyomolinos de la Vera Spanish
Val-des-Monts French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Sirohi Hindi via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Kalachuris of Tripuri Sanskrit via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Prague 8 Czech
Moensberg French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Moensberg Dutch via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
City of San Luis, Arizona English
Lermoos German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Weixi Lisu Autonomous County Standard Chinese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Kutaisi Municipality Georgian NERFINISHED
Government of the Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic Georgian
Government of the Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic Russian
Ostuni Italian
San Vito dei Normanni Italian
San Pietro Vernotico Italian
Erchie Italian
Isleham Parish Council English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Bronx Community District 9 English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
City of Itami Japanese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Khmer Krom region Vietnamese language via predicate surface "currentOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Pac Bo Commune Vietnamese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
French concession in Guangzhouwan French via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Al-Mu'tamar al-Sha'bi al-'Amm Arabic
L’Haÿ-les-Roses French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Olten district German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Geumjeong-gu Korean
Chiampo Italian
Byzacium Latin via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration" NERFINISHED
Municipality of Zapallar Spanish via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Brit Award for International Male English