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
Shfar'am Municipality Hebrew via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Shfar'am Municipality Arabic via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Nogales
surface form: Nogales, Veracruz
Spanish
Horki Belarusian NERFINISHED
Horki Russian
Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Supporting Actress English
Republic of Ragusa Latin NERFINISHED
Republic of Ragusa Dalmatian
Republic of Ragusa Italian
Republic of Ragusa Slavic languages
Chanchamayo Province Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Province of Hainaut French
Beecher Bay 38 English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Sadiqabad Urdu NERFINISHED
Templeuve-en-Pévèle French
Sanse Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Algete Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
People’s Republic of Zanzibar Swahili NERFINISHED
People’s Republic of Zanzibar Arabic
Phú Lộc District Vietnamese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Hương Thủy Town Vietnamese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Soyapango Spanish
Cuscatancingo Spanish
Tignère French
Tignère English
Sagar district Hindi via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
West Central Railway Hindi
Dodoma Region Swahili NERFINISHED
Dodoma Region English
Dodoma Region administration Swahili via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration" NERFINISHED
Dodoma Region administration English via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Third Judicial District of Kansas English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Spanish colonial period in California Spanish
canton of Le Haut-Grésivaudan French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
La Madeleine French
Hem French
Croix French
Halluin French
Faches-Thumesnil French
Bondues French
Grugliasco, Italy
surface form: Grugliasco
Italian
Śmiłowice Polish
Manukau City (former territorial authority)
surface form: Manukau City
English via predicate surface "languageOfficial" NERFINISHED
Manukau City (former territorial authority)
surface form: Manukau City
Māori via predicate surface "languageOfficial"
Waitematā Local Board Area English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Waitematā Local Board Area Māori via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Sebaldeburen Dutch
Sesto San Giovanni Italian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Fair Oaks Recreation and Park District English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"