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
Chhindwara Municipal Corporation Hindi via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration" NERFINISHED
Chhindwara division Hindi via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Bogra Bengali
Illyrian Provinces French
Illyrian Provinces Italian
Illyrian Provinces German NERFINISHED
Illyrian Provinces Slovene
Kanchipuram Municipality Tamil via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Saku Parish Estonian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Terranuova Bracciolini Italian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Chaunsky District Russian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Villefranche-de-Conflent French
Schwarzwald-Baar-Kreis German
Samnaun German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Katzie Indian Reserve No. 3 English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Nesset Norwegian via predicate surface "languageOfficial" NERFINISHED
Razlog Bulgarian NERFINISHED
Simitli Bulgarian NERFINISHED
Kulata Bulgarian
Khorezm Region Uzbek NERFINISHED
Comune di Perugia Italian
Valfabbrica Italian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Panicale Italian
Sellano Italian
Preci Italian
Campello sul Clitunno Italian
Mayor of the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea English
Middlesex
surface form: Middlesex, New York
English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Settimo Torinese Italian
Ciriè Italian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Venaria Reale Italian
Chaussée-Notre-Dame-Louvignies French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Horrues French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Thieusies French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Lääne-Harju Parish Estonian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Lesbos municipality Greek via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Llanquihue (city)
surface form: Llanquihue
Spanish
Los Muermos Spanish
Heddal Norwegian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Confederated Tribes of Coos, Lower Umpqua and Siuslaw Indians English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Schwaz German
Sigulda Latvian
Alexandreia Greek via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Loma de Cabrera, Dominican Republic
surface form: Loma de Cabrera
Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Pointe-Claire French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Pointe-Claire English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Devol Greek via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration" NERFINISHED
Deabolis Greek via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Tres Cantos Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Kuusalu Parish Estonian via predicate surface "administrativeLanguage"