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
Piovega Italian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Santonio Italian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Hargeisa Somali NERFINISHED
Mevaseret Zion Hebrew
Abu Ghosh Hebrew via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Abu Ghosh Arabic via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Tzur Hadassah Hebrew via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Har Adar Hebrew via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Valverde del Fresno Spanish
Folldal Norwegian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Kongsberg municipality Norwegian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Haiming German
Oetz German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
provisional government of Carlos Manuel de Céspedes y Quesada Spanish via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Augustal prefect of Egypt Greek via predicate surface "languageOfOfficialActs"
Augustal prefect of Egypt Latin via predicate surface "languageOfOfficialActs"
Savines-le-Lac French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
County of Mortain Latin via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Modern Greek state Greek language NERFINISHED
Paionia (municipality) Greek via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Krong Preah Sihanouk Khmer NERFINISHED
Parlasur Spanish
Parlasur Portuguese
Parlasur Guaraní NERFINISHED
Parlasur English
WOAH English
WOAH French
WOAH Spanish
WOAH Arabic
WOAH Chinese
WOAH Russian NERFINISHED
WOAH Portuguese
United Nations International Research and Training Institute for the Advancement of Women English
United Nations International Research and Training Institute for the Advancement of Women French
United Nations International Research and Training Institute for the Advancement of Women Spanish
Archdeaconry of Connor English via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Guldborgsund Municipality Danish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Pangnirtung Inuktitut via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Pangnirtung English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Clyde River Inuktitut via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Clyde River English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Kimmirut Inuktitut NERFINISHED
Kimmirut English
Qikiqtarjuaq Inuktitut via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Qikiqtarjuaq English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Pénjamo Municipality Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Evenk Autonomous Okrug (historical)
surface form: Evenk Autonomous Okrug
Russian
SG-CAN Spanish
Khulo Municipality Georgian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Bar Harbor English