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
Aksu Prefecture authorities Standard Chinese via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration" NERFINISHED
Hôpital du Sacré-Cœur de Montréal French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Hôpital du Sacré-Cœur de Montréal English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Ahuntsicois French via predicate surface "countryOfficialLanguage"
Ahuntsicois English via predicate surface "countryOfficialLanguage"
Sahune French
Daejeon City Hall Korean via predicate surface "languageOfOfficialBusiness"
Traves, Haute-Saône, France
surface form: Traves
French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
La Verrière French
Plaisir French
Nanshan District, Shenzhen Standard Chinese
Akamaru French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Totegegie French
Santa Maria Maior (Funchal parish) Portuguese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Sé (Funchal parish) Portuguese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Santo António (Funchal parish) Portuguese
São Roque (Funchal parish) Portuguese via predicate surface "administrativeLanguage"
São Gonçalo (Funchal parish) Portuguese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Maia, Portugal Portuguese
Baramati taluka Marathi NERFINISHED
City of Opole authorities Polish via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Roddi Italian NERFINISHED
Torres Shire English
Municipality of Chatham-Kent English
Boeny region
surface form: Boeny Region
Malagasy NERFINISHED
Boeny region
surface form: Boeny Region
French
Faleula Samoan
Faleula English
Armstrong, Ontario English
Swiss Mathematical Society German
Swiss Mathematical Society French
Swiss Mathematical Society Italian
Diré French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Goundam French
Goundam Bambara via predicate surface "nationalLanguage" NERFINISHED
Goundam Songhay languages via predicate surface "nationalLanguage" NERFINISHED
Goundam Tamasheq via predicate surface "nationalLanguage" NERFINISHED
Puli Mandarin Chinese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Caotun Mandarin Chinese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Columbia District English via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
United Colony of British Columbia English
Municipality of Talagante Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
municipality of Silves Portuguese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Kunlun Red Star Chinese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Kunlun Red Star English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Wāli of Egypt Arabic via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Dublin County Council (for the Fingal area) English via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Dublin County Council (for the Fingal area) Irish via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Central Bank of Ireland English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Central Bank of Ireland Irish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"