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
Palaestina Tertia Greek via predicate surface "administrativeLanguage"
Palaestina Tertia Latin via predicate surface "administrativeLanguage"
Banyalbufar Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Banyalbufar Catalan via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Wrangell Borough English
Aizkraukle Municipality Latvian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Pomeroon-Supenaam English
Bhusawal Marathi NERFINISHED
Huangshan District Standard Chinese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Borotiam English
Borotiam Gilbertese NERFINISHED
Baretoa English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Baretoa Gilbertese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Koinawa Village English (Kiribati) via predicate surface "countryOfficialLanguage"
Koinawa Village Gilbertese (Kiribati) via predicate surface "countryOfficialLanguage"
municipality of Altena Dutch
Buryatia Russian
Buryatia Buryat NERFINISHED
Landkreis Havelland Deutsch
Government of Curaçao Dutch
Government of Curaçao Papiamentu
Government of Curaçao English
Autaugaville English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
San Gemini Italian
Fabro Italian
Castel Viscardo Italian
Montecchio Italian NERFINISHED
Guardea Italian
Porano Italian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Penna in Teverina Italian
Stroncone Italian NERFINISHED
Polino Italian
Ouest French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Ouest Haitian Creole via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
canton of Montlouis-sur-Loire French via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Montà Italian
Govone Italian
Albemarle County, North Carolina English via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Rennes Métropole French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Fédération Française de Tennis French
Lordship of Ludlow Latin via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Lordship of Ludlow Middle English via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration" NERFINISHED
Haro Spanish
Municipality of Compostela Spanish
Municipality of Ixtlán del Río Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Prey Veng Province Khmer NERFINISHED
President of the Khmer Republic Khmer NERFINISHED
Guannan County Chinese
Seosaeng-myeon Korean
Lakon people Bislama via predicate surface "countryOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED