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
Seigneury of La Petite-Nation French via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Berthier-sur-Mer French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Sant Francesc Xavier Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Sant Francesc Xavier Catalan via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Consell Insular de Formentera Catalan
Consell Insular de Formentera Spanish
Sant Ferran de ses Roques Catalan via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Sant Ferran de ses Roques Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Lee, New Hampshire English
Zawiercie Polish
Hakkâri Turkish
Diessenhofen German
Albertslund Municipality Danish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Second Labour Government of New Zealand English via predicate surface "languageOfGovernment"
Christchurch Central English via predicate surface "hasLanguageOfOfficialBusiness"
Christchurch Central Māori via predicate surface "hasLanguageOfOfficialBusiness"
Tavannes French
Nkanu West English
Isi-Uzo English via predicate surface "usesOfficialLanguage"
Prince-Bishop of Aachen Latin via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Prince-Bishop of Aachen German via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Suqian Economic and Technological Development Zone Standard Chinese
Donghai County Standard Chinese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Louvres French
Marly-la-Ville French
Villemur-sur-Tarn French
Stockport Town Board English via predicate surface "languageOfOfficialBusiness"
State of Tlaxcala Spanish
Landsberg am Lech, Germany
surface form: Landsberg am Lech
German
Krimpen aan de Lek Dutch
Ammerstol Dutch via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Gouderak Dutch
Lezgin none via predicate surface "isOfficialLanguageIn"
St Andrews English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
St Andrews Māori via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Hook English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Hook Māori via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Shenzhou City Standard Chinese
communauté de communes de Parthenay-Gâtine français via predicate surface "langueOfficielle"
Sacrofano Italian NERFINISHED
Campagnano di Roma Italian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Morlupo Italian
Adjuntas, Puerto Rico Spanish
Adjuntas, Puerto Rico English
Oelde German
Praia, Cape Verde
surface form: Praia
Portuguese
LaLiga Hypermotion Spanish
Comune di Ciampino Italian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
municipality of Güira de Melena Spanish
Australes French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"