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
Svitlovodsk Ukrainian via predicate surface "languageOfficial"
People's Committee of District 1 Vietnamese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Thu Dau Mot Vietnamese
Go Vap District Vietnamese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Tây Ninh City Vietnamese
Hòa Thành Town Vietnamese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Sach people Vietnamese via predicate surface "countryOfficialLanguage"
Mã Liềng Vietnamese via predicate surface "countryOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Zevenhoven Dutch via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Grankulla Finnish via predicate surface "languageOfficial"
Grankulla Swedish via predicate surface "languageOfficial"
Togo–Ghana border region French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Togo–Ghana border region English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Marienberg, Germany
surface form: Marienberg
German
Thrissur Municipal Corporation Malayalam via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Yelamanchili Telugu NERFINISHED
Tausa Spanish
western La Palma
surface form: Western La Palma
Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Nquthu Local Municipality English via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration" NERFINISHED
Nquthu Local Municipality isiZulu via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Säkylä Finnish
North Garo Hills district English
North Garo Hills district English via predicate surface "stateOfficialLanguage"
Parliament of the Brussels-Capital Region French
Parliament of the Brussels-Capital Region Dutch
Villa Castelli Italian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Tan Uyen
surface form: Tân Uyên
Vietnamese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Trảng Bàng District Vietnamese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Quebec Court of Appeal French
Quebec Court of Appeal English
Court of Audit of Belgium Dutch
Court of Audit of Belgium French
Court of Audit of Belgium German
Fédération Royale du Notariat Belge French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Fédération Royale du Notariat Belge Dutch via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Fédération Royale du Notariat Belge German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Saint-Rémy, Saône-et-Loire, France
surface form: Saint-Rémy, Saône-et-Loire
French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
École nationale de la magistrature French
CISAC English
CISAC French
Springfarm English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Springfarm French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Yorkhill English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Embassy of India, Moscow English
Embassy of India, Moscow Hindi
Tambaram Tamil
municipality of Gooise Meren
surface form: Gooise Meren
Dutch NERFINISHED
municipality of Wijdemeren
surface form: Wijdemeren
Dutch via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
الشرقاط العربية via predicate surface "لغة رسمية"
Heiligenkreuz German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"