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
Taiwan Provincial Government Mandarin Chinese NERFINISHED
Ministry of the Presidency of Bolivia Spanish
Gmina Nowy Sącz Polish via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
historic center of Potosí Spanish via predicate surface "languageOfLocalAdministration"
Avernes French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
town of Finale Emilia
surface form: Finale Emilia
Italian
Salme Estonian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Moscow cemetery system Russian via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Pueblo Yaqui, Sonora Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Dutch Resident of Bengkulu Dutch via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Dutch National Parks system Dutch via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Gmina Fałków Polish
Gmina Radoszyce Polish
Gmina Ruda Maleniecka Polish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Gmina Stąporków Polish
Lucan Biddulph English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Thames Centre English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Newbury
surface form: Newbury, Ontario
English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Bertoua French NERFINISHED
Bertoua English
Abong-Mbang French via predicate surface "officialLanguageOfCountry"
Abong-Mbang English via predicate surface "officialLanguageOfCountry" NERFINISHED
Town of Cochrane English
Tsuu T’ina Nation 145 English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Stoney 142, 143, 144 English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Oud Gastel Dutch
Stampersgat Dutch
Rucphen Dutch
Botkyrka Swedish via predicate surface "languageOfficial"
Basauri Spanish
Basauri Basque NERFINISHED
Watansoppeng Indonesian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Havant Borough Council English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
federal state of Hamburg
surface form: Hamburg
German
Ordnance Point English
Port-Valais French
Rue de Thann French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Haderslev Municipality Danish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Montes Municipality Spanish
Dunhua Standard Chinese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Antu County Chinese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Kanding Township Mandarin Chinese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Chengdu Municipal Housing and Urban-Rural Development Bureau Chinese
FIBA Women's Asia Cup English
Montgat Catalan via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Montgat Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Tiana Catalan NERFINISHED
Tiana Spanish
San Vicente de Tagua Tagua Spanish
Machalí Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"