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
Trumau German
Hernstein German
Altenmarkt an der Triesting German
Furth an der Triesting German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Pottenstein German
Lagoa municipality (Algarve) Portuguese language
surface form: Portuguese
Empalme, Sonora Spanish
Landkreis Oberhavel Deutsch
St. Thomas
surface form: St. Thomas, Ontario
English
Municipality of Central Elgin English
Township of Malahide English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Municipality of Dutton/Dunwich English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
City of St. Thomas English
Dutton English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Batavia Castle Dutch via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Le Cellier French
Cherepovetsky District (de facto, while not part of it) Russian via predicate surface "administrativeLanguage"
Blanzy French NERFINISHED
Saint-Vallier, Saône-et-Loire French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
municipal authorities of Satigny French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Stowbtsy District Belarusian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Stowbtsy District Russian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Zhongshan Municipal Government Chinese via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Yuanyang County Standard Chinese
Bashiqa Arabic via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Kani Masi Kurdish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Kani Masi Arabic via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Sreshka Arabic via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Sreshka Kurdish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
local council of Kobanî Kurdish via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
local council of Kobanî Arabic via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Suruç Turkish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Sint-Pieters-Woluwe French
Sint-Pieters-Woluwe Dutch
FIM
surface form: Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme
French
FIM
surface form: Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme
English
Grenzach-Wyhlen German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Massalengo Italian NERFINISHED
Chassieu French
Marlborough Township English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Nagcarlan, Laguna Filipino
Nagcarlan, Laguna English
Caazapá Department Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Caazapá Department Guaraní via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Hohenstein
surface form: Hohenstein (Reutlingen)
German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Elmore County English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Miedelsbach German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Santa Rosa
surface form: Santa Rosa (Santa Cruz Island)
Spanish
South West Garo Hills district English
Zhenxun Old Chinese (reconstructed) via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"