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
Vaiaku, Funafuti English
Boryspil Ukrainian via predicate surface "languageOfficial"
Afono English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Alao English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Alao Samoan via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Onenoa English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
municipality of Utrechtse Heuvelrug
surface form: Utrechtse Heuvelrug
Dutch via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Fornovo di Taro Italian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Boom Dutch via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Schelle Dutch
Hemiksem Dutch via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Saint-Sauveur French
Hhohho Region English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Hhohho Region Swazi via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Manitoba Métis Federation English
Manitoba Métis Federation French
Hama Governorate Arabic
British Overseas Territory of Montserrat
surface form: Montserrat
English
Government of Montserrat English via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Valgrisenche Italian
Valgrisenche French NERFINISHED
Municipal Board of Asunción Spanish
Government of Paraguay Spanish via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Government of Paraguay Guaraní via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Rochford District Council English via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
San Miguel Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
town of Commercy
surface form: Commercy
French
Departmental Council of Meuse French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Overhalla Norwegian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Flatanger Norwegian via predicate surface "languageOfficial" NERFINISHED
Gwacheon Korean
Maisons-Alfort French
Étampes French
Durbuy French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Taishan District Mandarin Chinese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Liptovská Osada Slovak via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Jamestown District, Saint Helena English via predicate surface "usesOfficialLanguage"
Randogne French
Jojutla Municipality Spanish
Lowell Township, Michigan English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Zaghouan Governorate Arabic
Huiloapan de Cuauhtémoc Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Rankin Inlet English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Rankin Inlet Inuktitut via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Kiliansdorf German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Transylvanian Military Frontier German via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
East Tyrol German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Dovre Norwegian via predicate surface "languageOfficial"
Talisay, Batangas Filipino
Talisay, Batangas English