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
Mompeo Italian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Cottanello Italian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Configni Italian language
surface form: Italian
Morro Reatino Italian
Castel Sant'Angelo Italian
Polewali Mandar Regency Indonesian
Usvyatsky District Russian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Nestorio Greek via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Lüdenscheid German
Mondercange Luxembourgish
Mondercange French
Mondercange German
Kushalnagar Kannada via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Wu’an Standard Chinese
Cixian County Standard Chinese
Grand Orient of Brazil Portuguese
Province of Ciudad Real Spanish
NYPD 108th Precinct English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Bade English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Fune English via predicate surface "usesOfficialLanguage"
Gulani English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Nangere English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Tarmuwa English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Montopoli di Sabina Italian
Magliano Sabina Italian
Ascrea Italian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Colle di Tora Italian language via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
surface form: Italian
Tulcea County Romanian via predicate surface "languageOfficial"
Natchitoches Parish English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Bellerive French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
PA
surface form: Palestinian Authority
Arabic via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
PNA
surface form: Palestinian National Authority
Arabic via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Sablé-sur-Sarthe French
Erbach, Hesse German
Søndre Land municipality
surface form: Søndre Land
Norwegian
canton of Solothurn German
Thyez French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Iserlohn German
Tuen Mun Chinese
Tuen Mun English
Tláhuac borough Spanish
Majene Regency Indonesian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Siberian Federal District Russian
Cuanza Norte Province Portuguese
Mylapore Tamil
Brăila Romanian
Fiuggi Italian
Ranipet district Tamil
Baalbek-Hermel Governorate Arabic
Lev Praha Czech via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"