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
Ndé French
Ndé English
Bafang French
Bafang English
Bangangté French
Bangangté English
Koutaba French
Koutaba English
Basketball Champions League Americas English
Basketball Champions League Americas Spanish
Basketball Champions League Americas Portuguese
Dambadeniya Sinhala via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration" NERFINISHED
Municipality of Maastricht Dutch
Longport Borough Commission English via predicate surface "languageOfOfficialBusiness"
municipality of Gómez Farías, Tamaulipas Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
San Lorenzo, Santa Fe Province, Argentina Spanish
ACC Women's Basketball Tournament English
Conseil communal de Boudry French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Milvignes French
Brot-Dessous French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Brot-Plamboz French
Bôle French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
CH-SH German via predicate surface "languageOfficial"
Stetten (Schaffhausen) German
Gibbsboro English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Oskarshamn Municipality Swedish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Vadnagar, Gujarat, India
surface form: Vadnagar
Gujarati via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Vadnagar, Gujarat, India
surface form: Vadnagar
Hindi via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Capistrano, Italy Italian
municipal government of Puerto Peñasco Spanish via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Van Stadensrus Sesotho via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Van Stadensrus Afrikaans via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Van Stadensrus English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Gauteng Department of Community Safety English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Gauteng Department of Community Safety Afrikaans via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Gauteng Department of Community Safety isiZulu via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Gauteng Department of Community Safety Sesotho via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Sangmélima French
Sangmélima English
Ambam French
Ambam English
Akom II French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Akom II English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Meyomessala French via predicate surface "officialLanguageOfCountry"
Meyomessala English via predicate surface "officialLanguageOfCountry" NERFINISHED
Oveng French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguageOfCountry"
Oveng English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguageOfCountry" NERFINISHED
Ngoulemakong French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Ngoulemakong English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Ma’an Arabic