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
Gressoney Valley French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Regional Government of Aosta Valley Italian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Regional Government of Aosta Valley French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Regional Government of Aosta Valley Franco-Provençal (Valdôtain dialect) via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Délı̨nę English
Délı̨nę North Slavey NERFINISHED
Sahtu Region English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Skien Municipality Norwegian via predicate surface "languageOfficial"
Avellaneda Department Spanish
Bülach German
Pingshan District, Shenzhen Standard Chinese
Chtouka Aït Baha Province Arabic
Río Bueno Commune Spanish
Saint Petersburg Federal City Russian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
신라 고대 한국어
Mosfellsbær Icelandic
Utøya Norwegian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Muraste Estonian
Viti Estonian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Ilmandu Estonian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Laabi Estonian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Adra Estonian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Humala Estonian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Kumna Estonian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Liikva Estonian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Vahi Estonian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Vandjala Estonian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Kadaka Estonian
Siili Estonian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Sääse Estonian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Astangu Estonian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Pikaliiva Estonian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Vismeistri Estonian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Haabersti subdistrict Estonian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Harku rural municipality Estonian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Petty Harbour–Maddox Cove English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Hương Trà Town Vietnamese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Lander Municipality Spanish
Ocumare del Tuy Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Rota Municipality English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Rota Municipality Chamorro via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Rota Municipality Carolinian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
island of Rota English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
island of Rota Chamorro via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Mejicanos Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Weiyuan County Standard Chinese
Angamaly Malayalam NERFINISHED
Angamaly English
Aluva taluk Malayalam via predicate surface "languageOfficial" NERFINISHED
Aluva taluk English via predicate surface "languageOfficial"