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
Lakon people English via predicate surface "countryOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Lakon people French via predicate surface "countryOfficialLanguage"
Municipality of Patillas Spanish
Municipality of Patillas English
Navolato Municipality Spanish
Atsinanana region
surface form: Atsinanana
Malagasy NERFINISHED
Atsinanana region
surface form: Atsinanana
French
Oxelösund Municipality Swedish
Incheon City Hall Korean via predicate surface "languageOfOfficialUse"
Nkayi Rural District Council English via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Lower Alsace Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award Swedish
Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award English
Spicheren French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Tafi Atome English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Tafi Abuife English via predicate surface "countryOfficialLanguage"
Pallars Sobirà Catalan NERFINISHED
Pallars Sobirà Spanish
Timiskaming First Nation English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Timiskaming First Nation French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Pierrefonds French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Pierrefonds English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Municipality of Curacaví Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Kafr El-Sheikh Arabic via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Central Papua Indonesian
Lac Simon First Nation Algonquin NERFINISHED
Lac Simon First Nation French
Saint-Bernard, Quebec French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Kęty Polish
APSA Gladys M. Kammerer Award English
Ayopaya Province Spanish
Hawaii Circuit Court English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Sasang-gu, Busan Korean
Membertou First Nation English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Membertou First Nation Mi'kmaq via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Chełmek Polish
Batam Indonesia Free Zone Authority (BP Batam)
surface form: Batam Indonesia Free Zone Authority
Indonesian
Scarborough–Agincourt ward English via predicate surface "languageOfOfficialUse"
S’Arracó Catalan NERFINISHED
S’Arracó Spanish
Sant Elm Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Sant Elm Catalan via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Comune di Portofino Italian
Roderesch Dutch via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Terheijl Dutch via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Skadarlija Serbian
Patriarchate of the Serbian Orthodox Church (Belgrade) Serbian via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Guayanilla, Puerto Rico Spanish
Guayanilla, Puerto Rico English
Kawasaki City Japanese