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
Bogis-Bossey French
Lauterach German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Wilhelmsdorf German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Kitimat-Stikine Regional District English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Kiphire district English
Gmina Olecko Polish via predicate surface "administrativeLanguage"
Gmina Nidzica Polish
Gmina Biskupiec Polish via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Gmina Pasłęk Polish via predicate surface "administrativeLanguage"
Gmina Biała Piska Polish
Gmina Susz Polish
Gmina Susz council Polish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Riesenburg in Westpreußen Polish via predicate surface "currentOfficialLanguage"
Gmina Prabuty Polish
Gmina Kurzętnik Polish via predicate surface "administrativeLanguage"
Gmina Młynary Polish
Mehlsack Polish via predicate surface "currentOfficialLanguage"
Gmina Pieniężno Polish
Gmina Jeziorany authorities Polish via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Gmina Dywity Polish
Gmina Stawiguda Polish
Gmina Małdyty Polish
Gmina Łukta Polish
Gmina Budry Polish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Gmina Kruklanki Polish
Gmina Świętajno (Olecko County) Polish
Gmina Wydminy Polish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Gmina Stare Juchy Polish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Gmina Prostki Polish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Gmina Rozogi Polish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Comorian (Shikomori)
surface form: Comorian
Comoros via predicate surface "isOfficialLanguageOf" NERFINISHED
Victoria, Seychelles English
Victoria, Seychelles French
Victoria, Seychelles Seychellois Creole NERFINISHED
Audio Engineering Society English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
People's Committee of Phu Nhuan District Vietnamese via predicate surface "languageOfOfficialUse"
Achalpur Marathi NERFINISHED
Warud Marathi NERFINISHED
Morshi Marathi NERFINISHED
Chandur Bazar Marathi NERFINISHED
Chandur Railway Marathi
Anjangaon Surji Marathi NERFINISHED
Nandgaon Khandeshwar Marathi NERFINISHED
Tiosa Marathi NERFINISHED
Dharni Marathi NERFINISHED
Melghat
surface form: Melghat (Vidhan Sabha constituency)
Marathi via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Comuna 3 Spanish
Philippsthal German NERFINISHED
Choachí urban centre Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Massarosa Italian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"