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
San Giovanni in Persiceto Italian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Castel San Pietro Terme Italian
Pianoro Italian
Granarolo dell’Emilia Italian
Bentivoglio Italian
Calderara di Reno Italian
Sasso Marconi Italian
Vergato Italian
Monghidoro Italian NERFINISHED
Castel Guelfo di Bologna Italian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Dozza Italian
Medicina Italian
Castello d’Argile Italian
Sala Bolognese Italian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Plaquemine, Louisiana, United States
surface form: Plaquemine, Louisiana
English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Cidade do Futebol Portuguese via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Julcán Spanish
Pataz Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Ascope Province Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Village of Imlay City English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Øvre Eiker municipality
surface form: Øvre Eiker
Bokmål NERFINISHED
Voivode of Sandomierz Latin via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Voivode of Sandomierz Polish via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Kielce Department Polish via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Kielce Voivodeship (1816–1837) Polish via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Kielce Voivodeship (1816–1837) Russian via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Sŏch'o-gu Korean
Winnie Madikizela-Mandela Local Municipality English via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Winnie Madikizela-Mandela Local Municipality isiXhosa via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Selayar people Indonesian via predicate surface "nationalLanguage"
Taocheng District Standard Chinese
Añasco, Puerto Rico Spanish
Añasco, Puerto Rico English
Indonesian people Indonesian language
Leulumoega Samoan via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Leulumoega English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Saint-Laurent-de-l’Île-d’Orléans French
ʻEua District Tongan via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
ʻEua District English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Czeladź Polish
Ballyglass (Tipperary) English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Ballyglass (Tipperary) Irish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Holly Hill, Florida English
San Pedro de Macorís Province Spanish
Municipality of Guayanilla Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Municipality of Guayanilla English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Municipality of Camuy Spanish
Municipality of Camuy English
Strond Faroese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Strond Danish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"