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
Wendover
surface form: Wendover, Ontario
French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Township of North Glengarry English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Township of North Glengarry French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Central Frontenac English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Frontenac Islands English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Petawawa English
Petawawa French
Shahdara Hindi
Shahdara English
Fontenais French
Municipality of Arauco Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Témiscamingue French
Gnannenweiler German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Beecher Bay 30 English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Beecher Bay 30 French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Ticuantepe Municipality Spanish
Fontanestadt Neuruppin German
ITB Indonesian
Government of West Java Province Indonesian
KLHK Indonesian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
East Lombok Regency Indonesian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Grand Duchy of Frankfurt German
Vologda Russian
Karlstein am Main German
Narayanavanam Telugu NERFINISHED
Gjoa Haven Inuktitut NERFINISHED
Gjoa Haven English
Reigate and Banstead Borough Council English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Rixheim, France
surface form: Rixheim
French
Jeju City Korean
San Jose
surface form: San Jose, Tarlac
Filipino via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
San Jose
surface form: San Jose, Tarlac
English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Paramakudi Tamil
North Frontenac English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Azpeitia Basque NERFINISHED
Azpeitia Spanish
Bretanha Portuguese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Beecher Bay 31 English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Gaziantep Province Turkish
Saint-Claude French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Barangay Sta. Rosa Filipino via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Barangay Sta. Rosa English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Petershagen German
Saharanpur Hindi via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
International Accounting Standards Board English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup English
Avion French
Val de Xálima Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Sierra de Gata Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Eljas Spanish