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
Palena Spanish
Arrondissement of Dunkirk French via predicate surface "administrativeLanguage"
Sallum Arabic
Prosecutor’s Office of Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnian
Prosecutor’s Office of Bosnia and Herzegovina Croatian
Prosecutor’s Office of Bosnia and Herzegovina Serbian
Ikaruga Japanese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Bradwell English via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Santa Gertrudis de Fruitera Spanish
Santa Gertrudis de Fruitera Catalan
Linz-Land District German
Dong Hoi City Vietnamese
Zhushan Township Mandarin Chinese
Mahon Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Mahon Catalan via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Simcoe Street (Toronto) English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Romny Ukrainian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Kobeliaky Ukrainian
Oster Ukrainian via predicate surface "languageOfficial" NERFINISHED
Bakhmach Ukrainian
Lubny Uyezd Russian via predicate surface "languageOfOfficialAdministration"
Khorol Uyezd Russian via predicate surface "administrativeLanguage"
Government of National Salvation Serbian
San Ignacio de Moxos Municipality Spanish
Kanpur division Hindi
Jhansi division Hindi
1990 Asian Winter Games Japanese
1990 Asian Winter Games English
European Committee for Standardization English
European Committee for Standardization French
European Committee for Standardization German
Sandavágur Municipality Faroese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Kingdom of Nepal Nepali NERFINISHED
Ruvuma Region Swahili NERFINISHED
Ruvuma Region English
Trongisvágur Faroese NERFINISHED
Ciudad Lineal district of Madrid
surface form: Ciudad Lineal
Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Cuddalore Municipal Corporation Tamil via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration" NERFINISHED
Cuddalore Assembly constituency Tamil via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration" NERFINISHED
Thirupapuliyur Tamil NERFINISHED
Manjakuppam Tamil via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Rouyn-Noranda French
Municipality of Santarém Portuguese
Sant Josep de sa Talaia municipality
surface form: Sant Josep de sa Talaia
Spanish
Sant Josep de sa Talaia municipality
surface form: Sant Josep de sa Talaia
Catalan
Pitiüses Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Pitiüses Catalan via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Sant Josep de sa Talaia Spanish
Sant Josep de sa Talaia Catalan NERFINISHED
Purworejo Indonesian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"