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
Melkite Greek Catholic Patriarch of Antioch French via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Melkite Greek Catholic Patriarch of Antioch other languages depending on country via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Ontario New Democratic Party English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Ontario New Democratic Party French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Rohtas district Hindi
Rohtas district Urdu NERFINISHED
Tamsweg German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Landtag of Salzburg German
Świętokrzyskie Polish
Lerdo Municipality Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Agdenes Norwegian NERFINISHED
Fannrem Norwegian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Lensvik Norwegian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Bihać Bosnian
Bihać Croatian
Bihać Serbian
Sto:lo Nation Halq'eméylem via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Sto:lo Nation English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Sully and Lavernock Community Council English via predicate surface "languageOfOfficialBusiness"
Sully and Lavernock Community Council Welsh via predicate surface "languageOfOfficialBusiness"
Sully electoral ward English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Sully electoral ward Welsh via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Hôtel de Rochechouart French via predicate surface "hasLanguageOfAdministration"
Montboudif, Cantal, France
surface form: Montboudif
French
Bonney, Texas English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
General Assembly
surface form: General Assembly of the Empire of Brazil
Portuguese
Motta di Livenza Italian
Filipina
surface form: Philippines
Filipino via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Filipina
surface form: Philippines
English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Dasuya Punjabi NERFINISHED
Troyan Municipality Bulgarian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Våler municipality (Innlandet) Norwegian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Municipality of Toronto English
Khobi Municipality Georgian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
São Gabriel da Cachoeira Portuguese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
São Gabriel da Cachoeira Nheengatu via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
São Gabriel da Cachoeira Tukano via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
São Gabriel da Cachoeira Baniwa via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Roraima Portuguese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Acre (state) Portuguese
Saint-Florent-sur-Cher French
Rhaunen, Germany
surface form: Rhaunen
German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Municipality of Naousa Greek via predicate surface "usesOfficialLanguage"
Naqoura Arabic
Gmina Wolin Polish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Mont-Royal Avenue French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Na h-Eileanan an Iar (Scottish Parliament constituency) Scottish Gaelic
Na h-Eileanan an Iar (Scottish Parliament constituency) English
Orkney (Scottish Parliament constituency) English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Garessio, Italy
surface form: Garessio
Italian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"