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
Zaoqiang County Standard Chinese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Lajas, Puerto Rico Spanish
Lajas, Puerto Rico English
Albuccione Italian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Ariccia Italian
Pacasmayo Province Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Schwebheim German
Euerbach German
San Esteban de Gormaz Spanish
Roaring Creek English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Sansom Park English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Saint-Martin-des-Plains French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
European Cup English
European Cup French
European Cup German
European Cup Spanish
European Cup Italian
2019–20 Serie A Femminile Italian
Noguera Catalan NERFINISHED
Noguera Spanish
Pla d'Urgell Catalan NERFINISHED
Pla d'Urgell Spanish
Segarra Catalan NERFINISHED
Segarra Spanish
Lakatoro Bislama NERFINISHED
Lakatoro English
Lakatoro French NERFINISHED
Arrondissement of Arcahaie French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Arrondissement of Arcahaie Haitian Creole via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Ouest department of Haiti French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Ouest department of Haiti Haitian Creole via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Saint-Marc French
Saint-Marc Haitian Creole NERFINISHED
WTO Trade Negotiations Committee English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
WTO Trade Negotiations Committee French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
WTO Trade Negotiations Committee Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
European Council buildings (European Quarter) all official languages of the European Union via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Kaladar Station English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Castillon-la-Bataille French
NTT
surface form: East Nusa Tenggara
Indonesian
Hyogo-ku, Kobe Japanese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Beomseo-eup Korean via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Bajhang District Nepali via predicate surface "usesOfficialLanguage"
Purnea Hindi via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Purnea Urdu via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Raga people Bislama via predicate surface "countryOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Raga people English via predicate surface "countryOfficialLanguage"
Raga people French via predicate surface "countryOfficialLanguage"
North Chungcheong Province Korean
ceremonial county of Dorset English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"