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
Kunoy Faroese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
New Birmingham (historical settlement) English via predicate surface "hasLanguageOfAdministration"
Rivoli, Piedmont, Italy Italian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Solapur division Marathi NERFINISHED
Solapur Municipal Corporation Marathi via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Punyashlok Ahilyadevi Holkar Solapur University Marathi via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Punyashlok Ahilyadevi Holkar Solapur University English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
2002 FIFA World Cup matches English
2002 FIFA World Cup matches French
2002 FIFA World Cup matches Spanish
Shenzhen FC Chinese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
IRL
surface form: International Rugby League
English
Java region
surface form: Java
Indonesian language via predicate surface "countryOfficialLanguage"
Loiano Italian
Monterenzio Italian
San Pietro in Casale Italian
Castel di Casio Italian
Dooneen English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Dooneen Irish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Municipality of Yauco Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Municipality of Yauco English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Municipality of Juana Díaz Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Municipality of Juana Díaz English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Amarante, Portugal Portuguese
Sánchez Carrión Province Spanish
Wülfershausen an der Saale German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Lestrem, France
surface form: Lestrem
French
Baroševac Serbian
Чернігів українська мова via predicate surface "languageOfficial"
Kangbuk-gu, Seoul
surface form: Kangbuk-gu
Korean via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Wargrave Parish Council English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Constitution of Vanuatu Bislama via predicate surface "officialLanguagesSpecified" NERFINISHED
Constitution of Vanuatu English via predicate surface "officialLanguagesSpecified"
Constitution of Vanuatu French via predicate surface "officialLanguagesSpecified" NERFINISHED
Port Vato Bislama via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Port Vato English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Port Vato French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Otumba Municipality Spanish
IIHF Event Department English via predicate surface "usesOfficialLanguage"
Felben-Wellhausen German
Miragoâne French
GrandʼAnse Department French
GrandʼAnse Department Haitian Creole NERFINISHED
Anse-à-Veau French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Anse-à-Veau Haitian Creole via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Plaisance-du-Sud French
Plaisance-du-Sud Haitian Creole NERFINISHED
Arnaud French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Arnaud Haitian Creole via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Paillant French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"