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
Colorado State Penitentiary English via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Town of Conesus English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Neuquén (city) Spanish
Catán Lil Department Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Zapala (city)
surface form: Zapala
Spanish
Rincón de los Sauces Spanish
Department of Education, Sport and Culture (Isle of Man) English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Department of Education, Sport and Culture (Isle of Man) Manx via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Ochil and South Perthshire English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Ochil and South Perthshire Scottish Gaelic via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Ochil and South Perthshire Scots via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Comarca of Cuenca del Guadarrama Spanish via predicate surface "administrativeLanguage"
Moralzarzal Spanish
Colmenarejo Spanish
Alamo, Georgia English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Judiciary of South Sudan English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Transitional Constitution of the Republic of South Sudan 2011 English
Manukau City Council English via predicate surface "languageOfOfficialBusiness"
El Haouaria Arabic via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Warangal district Telugu NERFINISHED
Melegnano Italian
commune of Versonnex (Ain)
surface form: Versonnex (Ain)
French
commune of Crozet
surface form: Crozet
French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
commune of Péron
surface form: Péron
French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
commune of Vesancy
surface form: Vesancy
French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Nawab of Bhopal Persian (earlier period) via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Nawab of Bhopal Urdu (later period) via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Rewa division Hindi via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Staňkov Czech NERFINISHED
West Milford, West Virginia English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Rota, Northern Mariana Islands English
Rota, Northern Mariana Islands Chamorro NERFINISHED
Oberland electoral district German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
canton of Clermont-en-Argonne French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Puerto Pirámides Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Zhangjiagang Standard Chinese
Chevenez French
City of Makati Filipino via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
City of Makati English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Bourg-de-Péage French
Penelakut Indian Band English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Magangué Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
CA Grand Sud Caraïbe French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
1st constituency of Guadeloupe French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Highlands and Islands English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Fastiv Ukrainian
Vyshneve Ukrainian
Pulwama Urdu NERFINISHED
Pulwama Kashmiri
Pulwama Dogri NERFINISHED