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
Camogli Italian
Duchy of Brittany Breton via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Duchy of Brittany Gallo via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Duchy of Brittany Latin via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
South East Central Railway zone Hindi via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
South East Central Railway zone English via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Figueira da Horta Portuguese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Chupaca Province Spanish
Lebanese territorial waters Arabic via predicate surface "hasLanguageOfAdministration"
Lebanese territorial waters French via predicate surface "hasLanguageOfAdministration"
Lebanese territorial waters English via predicate surface "hasLanguageOfAdministration"
BOIC French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
BOIC Dutch via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Stor-Elvdal Norwegian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Indore Residency English via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Indore Residency Hindustani via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Marktbreit German
Government of Chubut Province Spanish via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Chubut Department (administrative division)
surface form: Chubut Department
Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Parc naturel régional de la Narbonnaise en Méditerranée French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Hartlepool (UK Parliament constituency) English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Lajatico, Tuscany, Italy
surface form: Lajatico
Italian
Uffing am Staffelsee German
Seehausen am Staffelsee German
Eide Norwegian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Rauma Norwegian via predicate surface "languageOfficial" NERFINISHED
Aukra Norwegian via predicate surface "languageOfficial"
Fræna Norwegian via predicate surface "languageOfficial" NERFINISHED
Rindal Norwegian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Herøy (Møre og Romsdal) Norwegian via predicate surface "languageOfficial"
Sande (Møre og Romsdal) Norwegian via predicate surface "languageOfficial" NERFINISHED
Ulstein Norwegian via predicate surface "languageOfficial" NERFINISHED
Roan Norwegian
Rissa (former municipality) Norwegian
Leksvik (former municipality)
surface form: Leksvik
Bokmål via predicate surface "officialLanguageForm" NERFINISHED
Osen village Norwegian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Lärkstaden residential area buildings Swedish via predicate surface "languageOfLocalAdministration"
El Cuy Department Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Affoltern am Albis German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Zduńska Wola Polish
West Haverstraw, New York English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Katzie Indian Reserve No. 1 English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Malacky Slovak NERFINISHED
Stupava Slovak
Svätý Jur Slovak
Bernolákovo Slovak
Shushan District Standard Chinese
Podolsk Urban Okrug Russian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Mollerussa Catalan via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Mollerussa Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"