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
Dąbrowa County Polish
Saintes French
Municipality of Cabo Rojo Spanish
Municipality of Cabo Rojo English
Wesseling German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Southwest Papua Province Indonesian
Calvi dell'Umbria Italian
OTC French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
OTC English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Loi sur la gestion des finances publiques français via predicate surface "langueOfficielle"
Loi sur la gestion des finances publiques anglais via predicate surface "langueOfficielle"
Ontario College of Teachers English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Ontario College of Teachers French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Baćevac Serbian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Šiljakovac Serbian
Kremenica Serbian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Boumerdès Arabic
Boumerdès Tamazight NERFINISHED
Malawi and Mozambique English and Portuguese via predicate surface "haveOfficialLanguage"
Escuinapa Municipality Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Algermissen German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Belgian Cats Dutch NERFINISHED
Belgian Cats French
Belgian Cats German
Limes Arabicus frontier zone Latin via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Limes Arabicus frontier zone Greek via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Alajuelita Spanish
Turrubares Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Thessalon First Nation English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Aurangabad division Marathi NERFINISHED
Chrudim Czech
Perico, Matanzas, Cuba Spanish
Camera Nazionale della Moda Italiana Italian
Jingkou District Standard Chinese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Tepapuri French via predicate surface "languageUsedOfficially"
Lares, Puerto Rico Spanish
Lares, Puerto Rico English
Wittmund German
Department of Economic Development of Taoyuan City Government Chinese
Métropole du Grand Paris French
Corato Italian
Noicattaro Italian
Triggiano Italian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Sipacapa Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Sachseln German NERFINISHED
Ferch German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Conegliano Italian
York County
surface form: York County, Virginia
English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Ayudhya
surface form: Ayutthaya Kingdom
Thai
Chirripó Indigenous Reserve Spanish