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
SBV Vietnamese NERFINISHED
Cờ Đỏ District Vietnamese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
People's Committee of Co Do District Vietnamese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Government of Melilla Spanish
City Hall of Melilla Spanish via predicate surface "languageOfOfficialUse"
University of Granada campuses network Spanish via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Collefiorito Italian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Colle Verde Italian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Setteville Italian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
La Botte Italian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Marco Simone Italian
Pichini Italian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Marcellina Italian
Marino Italian
Khmer Republic Khmer NERFINISHED
Geldersheim German
Michelau im Steigerwald German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Frankenwinheim German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Castell German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Hirschfeld (Unterfranken) German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Brackenheim town hall German via predicate surface "hasLanguageOfAdministration"
Botenheim German NERFINISHED
Stockheim German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Boston Society of Film Critics Award for Best Film English
municipality of Nativitas Spanish
Bishop of Fermo Italian via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Landscape of Light Spanish
Piedmont, Italy
surface form: Piedmont
Italian
Revelle residence halls English via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Saint-Georges, Quebec, Canada French
Unaaha Indonesian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Laworo Indonesian
Langara Indonesian
Natonin Filipino via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Natonin English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
La Neuveville French
Marin-Epagnier French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Saint-André-d’Argenteuil French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Lachute, Quebec French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Municipality of Peñuelas Spanish
Municipality of Peñuelas English
Municipality of Sabana Grande Spanish
Municipality of Sabana Grande English
Municipality of Salinas Spanish
Municipality of Salinas English
Municipality of Hormigueros Spanish
Municipality of Hormigueros English
Norðoyri Faroese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Árnafjørður Faroese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Norddepil Faroese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED