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
Digos English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Filipstad Swedish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Essertines-sur-Rolle French
Plateau-Mont-Royal borough French
La Seyne-sur-Mer French
Franklin District Council English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Franklin District Council Māori via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Nebraska Department of Motor Vehicles English
Junnar Marathi NERFINISHED
Gardone Val Trompia Italian
Tata Province Arabic via predicate surface "usesOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
island of Ithaca
surface form: Ithaca
Greek NERFINISHED
Roman, Romania Romanian
European Centre for Higher Education English
European Centre for Higher Education French
European Centre for Higher Education Romanian
Åmot Norwegian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Nord-Odal Norwegian Bokmål via predicate surface "languageOfficial" NERFINISHED
Flesberg municipality Norwegian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Abasha Municipality Georgian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Längenfeld German
Ötz German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Wakken Dutch
Istres French
Carry-le-Rouet French
Miramas French
canton of Vigneux-sur-Seine French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Comune di Frosinone Italian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Chester City Council English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Institut de Droit International French
Institut de Droit International English
Austrian Galicia German
Varkaus Finnish via predicate surface "languageOfficial"
Arun District Council English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Sárvár Hungarian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Washington’s 3rd judicial district English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Velký Meder Slovak via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Crégy-lès-Meaux French
Beecher Bay 33 English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Herrenberg German NERFINISHED
Tlalnepantla Municipality Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Douaumont French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Pré-Saint-Didier Italian
Pré-Saint-Didier French
Tanghai County Standard Chinese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
New Zealand Cricket English
Sulu Filipino NERFINISHED
Sulu English
Sultanate of Sulu Tausūg language
Sultanate of Sulu Malay language