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
Guzhen County Standard Chinese
Vevey, Vaud, Switzerland
surface form: Vevey
French
Lower Navarre French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Bizkaia Basque via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Bizkaia Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Barakaldo Spanish
Barakaldo Basque NERFINISHED
Bermeo Basque NERFINISHED
Bermeo Spanish
Mungia Basque NERFINISHED
Mungia Spanish
Leioa Basque via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Leioa Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Muskiz Basque NERFINISHED
Muskiz Spanish
Lekeitio Basque
Lekeitio Spanish
Balmaseda Spanish
Balmaseda Basque NERFINISHED
Durangaldea Basque NERFINISHED
Durangaldea Spanish
Tardets-Sorholus French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Eusko Legebiltzarra Basque
Eusko Legebiltzarra Spanish
International Federation of Basque Pelota Spanish
International Federation of Basque Pelota French
International Federation of Basque Pelota English
Campbellton, New Brunswick, Canada
surface form: Campbellton, New Brunswick
English
Campbellton, New Brunswick, Canada
surface form: Campbellton, New Brunswick
French
Davis Cup English
Montbéliard, France
surface form: Montbéliard
French via predicate surface "currentOfficialLanguage"
Nord department of Haiti French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Nord department of Haiti Haitian Creole via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Acul-du-Nord French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Acul-du-Nord Haitian Creole via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Quartier-Morin French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Quartier-Morin Haitian Creole via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Limonade French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Limonade Haitian Creole via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Grande-Rivière-du-Nord French
Grande-Rivière-du-Nord Haitian Creole NERFINISHED
Terrier-Rouge French
Terrier-Rouge Haitian Creole NERFINISHED
Vallières French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Vallières Haitian Creole via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Ferrier French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Ferrier Haitian Creole via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
La Victoire French
La Victoire Haitian Creole NERFINISHED
Biysk Russian via predicate surface "languageOfficial"