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
Logroño prison Spanish via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Tarshiha Hebrew via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
São Sebastião
surface form: São Sebastião (São Paulo)
Portuguese
Pujehun District English
Moyamba District English
Kreis Meißen German via predicate surface "administrativeLanguage"
Agulsky District Russian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Hilliard Township English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Hilliard Township French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Puente Genil Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Fumel French NERFINISHED
Mongol-ruled China Classical Chinese NERFINISHED
Mongol-ruled China Mongolian NERFINISHED
Regina—Qu'Appelle English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Deir al-Asad Hebrew
Deir al-Asad Arabic
Jaén Spanish
Kalutara District Sinhala via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Kalutara District Tamil via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Lutetia – Paris
surface form: Paris
French
conventus of Lugdunum Latin via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
conventus of Rotomagus Latin via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Чингэлтэй дүүрэг монгол хэл via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Office of the Governor-General
surface form: Office of the Governor-General of Korea
Japanese
Office of the Governor-General
surface form: Office of the Governor-General of Korea
Korean
Commune of Saint-Gervais-les-Bains
surface form: Saint-Gervais-les-Bains
French
Courrendlin French
Basse-Allaine French
Cour constitutionnelle de la République et Canton du Jura French
Hopfgarten im Brixental German
Söll German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Scheffau am Wilden Kaiser German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Plužine Montenegrin via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Tavarnuzze Italian
Assembly of the Republic of Portugal Portuguese
Joliette, Quebec French
Peseux French
Fresnedillas de la Oliva Spanish
Thierstein German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Nossa Senhora da Glória Portuguese
Poço Redondo Portuguese NERFINISHED
Monte Alegre de Sergipe Portuguese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Nossa Senhora de Lourdes Portuguese NERFINISHED
Itabi Portuguese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Cumbe Portuguese
Muribeca Portuguese
Nossa Senhora Aparecida Portuguese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
São Miguel do Aleixo Portuguese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Carira Portuguese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Pinhão
surface form: Pinhão (Sergipe)
Portuguese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"