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
Primăverii Romanian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Président du Sénat French
Čapljina Bosnian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Čapljina Croatian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Čapljina Serbian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Municipality of Fresnillo Spanish
Hardthausen am Kocher German
Kaladagi Kannada via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Jiaoqu Standard Chinese
Tongling Municipal People’s Government Chinese
Den Burg Dutch
De Waal Dutch
Côte-des-Neiges Road French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
municipality of Ahome Spanish
Calahorra Spanish
Canale Italian
Altena
surface form: Altena (Noordenveld)
Dutch
Khudabad Sindhi via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration" NERFINISHED
Altamura Italian
Molfetta Italian
Monopoli Italian
Bitetto Italian NERFINISHED
Terlizzi Italian
Adelfia Italian
Palo del Colle Italian
Bitritto Italian
Noci Italian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Conversano Italian
Cellamare Italian
Binetto Italian
Grumo Appula Italian
Sammichele di Bari Italian
Longshan County Standard Chinese
Melle, Belgium Dutch
Avezzano Italian NERFINISHED
municipality of Belgrade Serbian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
municipality of Belgrade Serbian via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Guncati Serbian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Manić Serbian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Meljak Serbian NERFINISHED
Mola di Bari Italian
Casamassima Italian
Alberobello Italian
Spinazzola Italian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Santa Catarina, Cape Verde Portuguese language
surface form: Portuguese
Mostrim Irish language via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguageContext" NERFINISHED
Santurtzi Spanish
Santurtzi Basque NERFINISHED
Houthalen-Helchteren Dutch
Herlev Municipality Danish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"