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
Saint-André-de-Bohon French
Saint-Jores French
Sébeville French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Turqueville French
Sturminster Marshall Parish Council English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Municipality of Saint-Étienne French via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
General Lagos Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
District of Langford English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
district Justingen
surface form: District Justingen
German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
district Hausen ob Urspring
surface form: Hausen ob Urspring
German
Suppingen German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
municipality of Brakel Dutch
Landeshut Polish via predicate surface "currentOfficialLanguage"
Malabon City Government Filipino via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Malabon City Government English via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Huglfing German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Burggen German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Rottenbuch German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Saulgrub German
Bad Bayersoien German
Prem German
Kinsau German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Ingenried German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Schwabbruck German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Landkreis Deutsch via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Treviolo Italian
Seriate Italian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Dalmine Italian
Romano di Lombardia Italian
Ponte San Pietro Italian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Gmina Aleksandrów Kujawski Polish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
municipality of Teltow
surface form: Teltow
German
Leyhof Dutch via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Hooghkamer Dutch via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Santo Amaro das Brotas Portuguese language
surface form: Portuguese
Areia Branca
surface form: Areia Branca (Sergipe)
Portuguese language
surface form: Portuguese
Itaporanga d’Ajuda Portuguese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Fitii French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Saint-Hilaire-Petitville French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Lison French
Boutteville French
Russell Township English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Russell Township French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
North Grenville English
Montebello French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Papineauville French
Thurso French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Pilar de la Horadada Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Neuenhain German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Fuzhou municipal government Standard Chinese via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration" NERFINISHED