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
Bultei Italian
Tula Italian
Buddusò Italian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Bono Italian
Illorai Italian
Benetutti Italian
Bulzi Italian
Terrace, British Columbia English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Hazelton, British Columbia English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Central Banat District Serbian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Tyrol German NERFINISHED
Zhaoyuan Standard Chinese
Hekou District, Dongying Chinese
Huantai County Standard Chinese
Fushan District, Yantai Standard Chinese
Huancui District, Weihai
surface form: Huancui District
Standard Chinese
Rushan City, Weihai
surface form: Rushan City
Standard Chinese
Ruza Russian
Tuchkovo Russian
Far North District English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Far North District Māori via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Kaipara District English
Kaipara District Māori
Mauguio French
Société d’Exploitation de l’Aéroport de Montpellier-Méditerranée French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Kuwait Oil Company Arabic via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Bar Municipality Montenegrin
Province of Naples Italian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Marano di Napoli Italian
Běloves Czech
Lipí Czech via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Staré Město nad Metují Czech
Baoan District People’s Government Chinese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Askersund Municipality Swedish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Degerfors Municipality Swedish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Galdo Cilento Italian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
King Island Council local government area
surface form: King Island Council
English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Kardzhali Province Bulgarian
Meerut district Hindi via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Litoral Province Spanish
Litoral Province French
Litoral Province Portuguese
Krka National Park Croatian
Comarca of Busturialdea Basque
Comarca of Busturialdea Spanish
episcopal curia of Mechelen Dutch via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
episcopal curia of Mechelen French via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Tivat Montenegrin
Borutta Italian
Anela Italian