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
Le Pâté French via predicate surface "hasLanguageOfAdministration"
Steinkjer municipality Norwegian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Zonnemaire Dutch
Granollers, Spain
surface form: Granollers
Catalan NERFINISHED
Granollers, Spain
surface form: Granollers
Spanish
Transjordan Arabic
Municipality of Boyeros Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Gudermessky District Russian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Gudermessky District Chechen via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Oyndarfjørður Faroese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Gøtugjógv Faroese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Severo-Kurilsky District Russian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Province of Flemish Brabant government Dutch via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Crispiano Italian
Fragagnano Italian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Carosino Italian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Gobustan District Azerbaijani via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Province of Cáceres Spanish
2005 IIHF World Championship English
2005 IIHF World Championship French
Rajgurunagar Marathi NERFINISHED
Santa Rosa
surface form: Santa Rosa, La Pampa
Spanish
Posoltega Spanish
Santo Tomás del Norte Spanish
San Pedro del Norte Spanish
Villanueva Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Thal District German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Lustenau German
Sargans German
Ahobilam Telugu via predicate surface "stateOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Iorras Aithneach Irish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Carna Irish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Erris Irish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Acaill Irish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Global Crop Diversity Trust English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Smakt Dutch
Berne German
Shintomi Japanese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Heby Swedish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Runhällen Swedish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Harbo Swedish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Village Commission of Bible Hill English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Town of Truro English
Hubli, Karnataka, India
surface form: Hubli
Kannada NERFINISHED
Canton of Beausoleil French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Mirpur District Urdu via predicate surface "usesOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Drummondville, Quebec, Canada
surface form: Drummondville
French
World Senior Curling Championships English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Mangilao English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Wilhering German