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
Республикæ Цæгат Ирыстон — Алани Ossetian NERFINISHED
Gohana Hindi
Kharkhoda Hindi
Bagnes municipality
surface form: Bagnes
French
United States (Larry Niven)
surface form: United States
English
Onstwedde Dutch via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Lourinhã Portuguese
Mora Municipality Portuguese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Cuiseaux French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Liptovský Hrádok Slovak
Mittelfranken German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Kaunas District Municipality Lithuanian
Czech state Czech
Álvaro Obregón, Mexico City Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Muş Province Turkish
Alytus County Lithuanian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Guidiville Rancheria English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Saint-Constant French
Cisnadie
surface form: Cisnădie
Romanian
Hậu Giang Vietnamese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Giessenlanden Dutch via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Odenwaldkreis German
Vyškov Czech
Tulang Bawang Regency Indonesian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Ixtaczoquitlán Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Sagamok Anishnawbek First Nation English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Sagamok Anishnawbek First Nation Anishinaabemowin via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Neuenburg am Rhein German
Amazonas state
surface form: Amazonas (Brazilian state)
Portuguese
Londrina Portuguese
Dubai Future Foundation Arabic
San Jose
surface form: San Jose, Northern Samar
Filipino via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
San Jose
surface form: San Jose, Northern Samar
English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
San Javier Spanish
Sainte-Julie French
Lessines French
La Rippe French
Chavannes-des-Bois French
Taborio English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Taborio Gilbertese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Tamakautoga Gilbertese NERFINISHED
Tamakautoga English
Nonouti Island Council English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Nonouti Island Council Gilbertese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Lyallpur District, Punjab, British India English via predicate surface "administrativeLanguage"
Rathaus Wadern German via predicate surface "primaryLanguageOfAdministration"
Lockweiler German
Steinberg German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Wadrill German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Noswendel German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"