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
Acevedo Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
North Carolina Supreme Court English
Nghia Hung District Vietnamese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Gorakhpur Division English via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Gorakhpur Division Hindustani via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Monguí Spanish
Kingdom of Saxony German
Ithaca Greek via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Aigle, Switzerland
surface form: Aigle
French
Stavropol Russian
Shiki, Saitama Japanese
Kingston and the Islands (provincial) English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Lienchiang County Mandarin Chinese
Veraval Gujarati
Riom French
Rangat Hindi
Rangat English
Yuseong-gu Korean
Satun province Thai
Loudi Standard Chinese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Tornio Finnish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
mainland Tanzania Swahili language
surface form: Swahili
mainland Tanzania English
Soest German
Tinum, Yucatán Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Candelaria Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Cluj-Napoca Romanian
Municipality of Soacha Spanish via predicate surface "languageOfficial"
Granada (Cundinamarca) Spanish
Second Appellate District English
Truc Ninh District Vietnamese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Norte de Santander Department Spanish
Puerto Gaitán Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Saint-Mandé French
Toshima, Tokyo Japanese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Krasnodar Russian via predicate surface "languageOfficial"
Mon State Burmese
Pietraporzio Italian
Anserma Spanish
Manzanares Spanish
Aranzazu Spanish
Marquetalia Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Norcasia Spanish
municipal government of Zipaquirá Spanish via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Kiev, Russian Empire Russian
Hong Kong Island Chinese
Hong Kong Island English
Government of New Brunswick English
Government of New Brunswick French
International Sambo Federation English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"