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
Cesana Torinese Italian
Parish of São Domingos de Benfica Portuguese
Palazzo Comunale
surface form: Palazzo Comunale (Velletri)
Italian via predicate surface "primaryLanguageOfAdministration"
Castel del Monte (Abruzzo) Italian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Gyeongsan, Gyeongsangbuk-do, South Korea
surface form: Gyeongsan
Korean
Flinton English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Vennachar English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Ashby English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Blida-Joinville Psychiatric Hospital French via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Fordata language Indonesian via predicate surface "countryOfficialLanguage"
Southeast Maluku Regency Indonesian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Pacto de San José español via predicate surface "idiomaOficial"
Pacto de San José inglés via predicate surface "idiomaOficial"
Pacto de San José portugués via predicate surface "idiomaOficial"
Pacto de San José francés via predicate surface "idiomaOficial"
Balgriffin Irish via predicate surface "languageOfficial"
Flero, Italy
surface form: Flero
Italian
Fédération Aéronautique Internationale English
Fédération Aéronautique Internationale French
Temwaiku English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Temwaiku Gilbertese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Teinainano Urban Council English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Teinainano Urban Council Gilbertese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Chernihiv Raion Ukrainian via predicate surface "administrativeLanguage"
Sant Celoni Catalan
Sant Celoni Spanish
Paunaka language minority language in a Spanish-dominant country via predicate surface "countryOfficialLanguageContext"
Parecís none via predicate surface "countryOfficialLanguageOf"
Acre state
surface form: Acre
Portuguese
Boven Digul Indonesian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Prefecture of French Guiana building in Cayenne French via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Shimane Prefecture Japanese
Vaires-sur-Marne French
Saint Pierre Island French
Maricao, Puerto Rico Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Maricao, Puerto Rico English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
municipality of Haarlem
surface form: Haarlem
Dutch
Municipality of Utuado Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Municipality of Utuado English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Municipality of Lares Spanish
Municipality of Lares English
Municipality of Quebradillas Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Municipality of Quebradillas English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
municipal government of Garanhuns Portuguese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Fucheng County Standard Chinese
Duseo-myeon Korean via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Municipality of Coamo Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Municipality of Coamo English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Tanjung Balai Karimun Indonesian
National District Spanish