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
Norddepil Danish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Beigem Dutch via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Ascea Italian
Dereköy Turkish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Uğurlu Turkish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Yeni Bademli Turkish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Tsholotsho Rural District Council English via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
San José, Costa Rica Spanish
Thanh An Vietnamese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Loncopué Spanish
Quargnento Italian
Münsterlingen German
Côte-Nord French
Port-Menier French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
municipality of L’Île-d’Anticosti French
EuroBasket 2013 English
EuroBasket 2013 Slovene
Government of the Central African Republic French via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Government of the Central African Republic Sango via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration" NERFINISHED
Adjala–Tosorontio English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Mosvik Bokmål via predicate surface "officialLanguageForm" NERFINISHED
Chicoloapan Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Morteau French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Jinfeng Township Mandarin Chinese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Hradek nad Nisou
surface form: Hrádek nad Nisou
Czech via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Zwolle labor camp Dutch via predicate surface "languageOfLocalAdministration"
Venetian rule in Cyprus Latin
Venetian rule in Cyprus Italian (Venetian)
Venetian rule in Cyprus Greek
Pasarwajo Indonesian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Voisins-le-Bretonneux French
Magliano Romano Italian
Sainte-Catherine-de-la-Jacques-Cartier French
canton of Les Pyrénées catalanes French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Molitg-les-Bains French
Town of Palm Beach government English
Hvannasund Faroese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Hvannasund Municipality Faroese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Manyu division French
Manyu division English
Jarßum German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Ramsloh German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
municipality of Saterland German
Halisahar Municipality Bengali
Presidency division Bengali via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Navadvip Bengali via predicate surface "stateOfficialLanguage"
Nabadwip Community Development Block Bengali via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Nabadwip Community Development Block English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Malbazar Bengali NERFINISHED
Malbazar English