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
Hung Nguyen District Vietnamese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Šibenik-Knin County Croatian
Rudersdal Municipality Danish
São Benedito Portuguese
Son Tay, French Indochina French via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Prefeitura Municipal de Palmeira dos Índios Portuguese
Captaincy of Piauí Portuguese via predicate surface "administrativeLanguage"
Collège Montmorency French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Beni Ensar Arabic
Châtillon-d'Azergues French
Vækerø Norwegian Bokmål via predicate surface "officialLanguageOfArea" NERFINISHED
Premonstratensians Latin via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
West Lincoln English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Heinzenberg dialect Romansh is a national language of Switzerland via predicate surface "countryOfficialLanguageContext" NERFINISHED
Municipal government of Crateús Portuguese
municipal government of Limoeiro do Norte Portuguese via predicate surface "administrativeLanguage"
Lugo Italian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Alfonsine Italian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Massa Lombarda Italian
Russi Italian
Casola Valsenio Italian
Solarolo Italian
Sant'Agata sul Santerno Italian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Conselice Italian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Rohaniya Hindi via predicate surface "officialLanguageOfAdministration" NERFINISHED
Regional Government of Madeira Portuguese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Metropolitan City of Reggio Calabria Italian
Comune di Reggio Calabria Italian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Zhenjiang Port Standard Chinese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
PMM
surface form: Perpignan Méditerranée Métropole
French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Vyzhnytsia Ukrainian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
North Maharashtra Marathi via predicate surface "administrativeLanguage"
the Crown in Right of Newfoundland and Labrador
surface form: Crown in Right of Newfoundland and Labrador
English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Badger
surface form: Badger, Newfoundland and Labrador
English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Sohar Arabic
Korea Korean via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Kankaanpää Finnish
Odivelas Portuguese
Fredensborg Municipality Danish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Korea Korean language via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Korea Korean language via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Korea Korean language via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Trent Hills English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Nancagua Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Harley Township English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Harley Township French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Gúdar-Javalambre Spanish
Zlín District Czech via predicate surface "usesOfficialLanguage"
North Campus
surface form: North Campus (Nelson Mandela University)
English via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Nanda dynasty Magadhi Prakrit via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration" NERFINISHED