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
Engerdal Norwegian via predicate surface "languageOfficial" NERFINISHED
Kuokkala Finnish via predicate surface "languageOfficial"
Alcalá de Guadaíra Spanish
Volosovsky District Russian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Beecher Bay 15 English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Beecher Bay 15 French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Miacatlán Municipality Spanish
Walchwil German
Lega Nord Italian
Barangay Palatiw Filipino
Barangay Palatiw English
Tajik Soviet Socialist Republic Tajik NERFINISHED
Tajik Soviet Socialist Republic Russian
Balkh Province Dari
Balkh Province Pashto NERFINISHED
Ahmadi Governorate Arabic
Collombey-Muraz French
Zabierzów Polish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Caseres Catalan via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Caseres Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Huamalíes Province Spanish
San Antonio
surface form: San Antonio, Zambales
Filipino via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
San Antonio
surface form: San Antonio, Zambales
English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Tetecala Municipality Spanish
Barangay Bambang Filipino via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Barangay Bambang English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Rantasalmi Finnish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Sartène French
Nord-Aurdal Norwegian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Worb German
Telšiai Lithuanian NERFINISHED
Arnouville French
Tochigi Prefecture Japanese
La Courneuve French
Nowogródek Voivodeship Polish via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Bražec Czech
Iriga City Filipino via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Iriga City English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Coatlán del Río Municipality Spanish
Mozhaysky District Russian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Ivanava District Belarusian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Ivanava District Russian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Barangay San Joaquin Filipino via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Barangay San Joaquin English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Marañón Province Spanish
Polotsk Belarusian
Polotsk Russian NERFINISHED
Hamilton Parish, Bermuda English
Canet-de-Salars French
Barangay Oranbo Filipino via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"