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
Chile Chico Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Wichtrach German
Kiesen German
Uttigen German
Lääne County Estonian
Pringi Estonian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Laiaküla Estonian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Lubja Estonian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Metsakasti Estonian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Miiduranna Estonian NERFINISHED
Umblu Estonian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Rae vald Estonian
Torremolinos, Spain
surface form: Torremolinos
Spanish
Montedoro, Sicily, Italy
surface form: Montedoro
Italian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Wanroij (former municipality) Dutch via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Bima City Indonesian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Lombok Tengah Regency Indonesian
Adigeni Municipality Georgian via predicate surface "usesOfficialLanguage"
Bhandara Marathi NERFINISHED
Washim Marathi NERFINISHED
Washim district Marathi NERFINISHED
Archdeaconry of Lindisfarne English via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
County Borough of Neath Port Talbot English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
County Borough of Neath Port Talbot Welsh via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Kegalle District Sinhala via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Kegalle District Tamil via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Candler County English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Lissone Italian
Conesa Department Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Pärnamäe Estonian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Paradise
surface form: Paradise, Newfoundland and Labrador
English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Bad Oldesloe German
Oberammergau, Germany
surface form: Oberammergau
German via predicate surface "languageOfficial"
ALADI Spanish
ALADI Portuguese
ALADI English
Saint-Brais French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Arles-sur-Tech French
Madanapalle Telugu via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Triesen German
Laksky District Russian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Guelmim-Oued Noun region
surface form: Guelmim-Oued Noun
Arabic
ASME Daniel C. Drucker Medal English via predicate surface "languageOfOfficialMaterials"
Yichun Standard Chinese
Khandwa Municipal Corporation Hindi via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration" NERFINISHED
Baran district of Rajasthan
surface form: Baran district
Hindi via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Nendo English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguageOfCountry" NERFINISHED
Ricse, Hungary
surface form: Ricse
Hungarian
Goalpara Assamese NERFINISHED
Sitamau State Hindi