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
Roth (town)
surface form: Roth
German
Ajalvir Spanish
Loeches Spanish
Békéscsaba Hungarian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Gennadi Greek via predicate surface "administrativeLanguage"
Asingan, Pangasinan, Philippines Filipino
Asingan, Pangasinan, Philippines English
Tunis Eyalet Ottoman Turkish NERFINISHED
Drama Prefecture Greek via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Kingdom of Finland Finnish via predicate surface "languageOfficial"
Kingdom of Finland Swedish via predicate surface "languageOfficial"
Colden, New York English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Grand-Orly Seine Bièvre French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Livonia
surface form: Livonia, New York
English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Education, Skills and Employment Directorate of Saint Helena English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
La Teste-de-Buch French
Town of Markham English
Town of Markham French
Richmond Hill English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Hawaii Territory English
Hawaii Territory Hawaiian NERFINISHED
Andlau French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Bhopal division Hindi
Ventaquemada Spanish
Samacá Spanish
Monzón Spanish
Konya Metropolitan Municipality Turkish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Bozkır Turkish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Kadınhanı Turkish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Emirgazi Turkish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Güneysınır Turkish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Halkapınar Turkish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Ahırlı Turkish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Tuzlukçu Turkish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Çeltik Turkish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Upper Svir Lock Russian via predicate surface "hasLanguageOfLocalAdministration"
Thiesi Italian NERFINISHED
Mores Italian
Ardara Italian
Codrongianos Italian
Siligo Italian
Banari Italian
Florinas Italian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Osilo Italian
Muros Italian
Cargeghe Italian
Torralba Italian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Giave Italian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Romana Italian
Bessude Italian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED