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
Englehart English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Charlton and Dack English
Charlton and Dack French
Armstrong Township English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Belle Vallée English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Belle Vallée French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Kenabeek English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Kenabeek French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Kije Polish
Gmina Nowy Korczyn Polish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Gmina Solec-Zdrój Polish
Gmina Tuczępy Polish
Gmina Kije Polish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Ventanilla Spanish
Vila Nova de Cerveira Portuguese
Benicia Capitol State Historic Park English
South Korean Republic of Korea via predicate surface "officialLanguageOfCountry" NERFINISHED
Tufino, Campania, Italy
surface form: Tufino
Italian NERFINISHED
State of Aguascalientes Spanish
Spanish Order of Isabella the Catholic
surface form: Order of Isabella the Catholic
Spanish
Kalmar Municipality Swedish via predicate surface "languageOfficial"
San Juan
surface form: San Juan, Siquijor
Filipino via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
San Juan
surface form: San Juan, Siquijor
English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Helong Standard Chinese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Majia Township Mandarin Chinese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Alagón Spanish
Đắk Nông Province Vietnamese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Warm Springs Indian Reservation English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Jingpho Kachin State (Myanmar, regional) via predicate surface "isOfficialLanguageOf" NERFINISHED
Kingdom of Manipur Meitei language NERFINISHED
2013 World Figure Skating Championships English
2013 World Figure Skating Championships French
Pacanga District Spanish
Kharkiv NKVD prison Russian via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Kharkiv NKVD prison Ukrainian via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Itumbiara Portuguese
New Orleans, Louisiana, United States English
Andrés Mata Municipality Spanish
Roman Catholic Diocese of Pécs Hungarian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Bezons, France
surface form: Bezons
French NERFINISHED
Far North Region (Cameroon) French
Far North Region (Cameroon) English
Pazardzhik Municipality Bulgarian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Palais de justice de Constantine Arabic via predicate surface "hasLanguageOfAdministration"
Palais de justice de Constantine French via predicate surface "hasLanguageOfAdministration"
Gouvernement général de l’Algérie français via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
modern-day Bordeaux
surface form: Bordeaux
French
Pühalepa Estonian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Sincelejo Spanish
San Onofre Spanish via predicate surface "officialLanguageOfCountry"