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
Bahía Blanca Spanish
Lomas de Zamora Spanish
Beecher Bay 5 English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage Irish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
North/South Implementation Bodies English via predicate surface "languageOfOfficialBusiness"
North/South Implementation Bodies Irish via predicate surface "languageOfOfficialBusiness"
North/South Implementation Bodies Ulster Scots via predicate surface "languageOfOfficialBusiness" NERFINISHED
Waterways Ireland English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Waterways Ireland Irish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Dry Creek Rancheria English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Gatchinsky District Russian via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Boucherville French
Canton of Toulouse-1 French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Méjannes-le-Clap French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Cajatambo Spanish
Gorgor District Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Capitan, New Mexico English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Hyllestad Municipality Norwegian via predicate surface "languageOfficial" NERFINISHED
Penacova Portuguese
Israeli legislative election, 1973 Hebrew via predicate surface "languageOfOfficialMaterials"
Amyntaio (municipality) Greek via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Prespes (municipality) Greek via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Kato Kleines Greek via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
education bureau of Nanshan District
surface form: Education Bureau of Nanshan District
Standard Chinese via predicate surface "officialLanguageUsed" NERFINISHED
Buchau
surface form: Bad Buchau
German
Zogist regime Albanian
Ministry of War of the Kingdom of Albania Albanian language via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Senj Croatian
Otočac Croatian
Pickett County, Tennessee English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Ferreira do Zêzere Portuguese
Yonghe District Mandarin Chinese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Cajatambo District Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Bērzaune Latvian
Douaumont, Meuse French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Dehcho Region English
South Slave Region English
Søndre Land Norwegian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Putna Romanian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Osorno Commune Spanish
Municipality of Osorno Spanish via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Corfu regional unit Greek
Barangay Rosario Filipino via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Barangay Rosario English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Cabuyao Filipino via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Cabuyao English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Chesterfield Inlet English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Chesterfield Inlet Inuktitut via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Whale Cove Inuktitut via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED