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
Goghat Bengali NERFINISHED
Goghat English
Nakagusuku, Okinawa, Japan Japanese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Merrickville–Wolford, Ontario
surface form: Merrickville–Wolford
English via predicate surface "languageOfficial"
مكة المكرمة العربية via predicate surface "لغة رسمية"
Chaman District Urdu via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Mtwara Swahili NERFINISHED
Mtwara English
Puolanka Finnish
Kehys-Kainuu sub-region Finnish
Quilaco Spanish
Municipality of Los Lagos Spanish via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Sous-Massa Arabic via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
First Hungarian Republic Hungarian
Flüelen German
Küssnacht German
Amizour Arabic
Baie Sainte Anne English
Baie Sainte Anne French
Baie Sainte Anne Seychellois Creole NERFINISHED
Beylerbey of Algiers Ottoman Turkish via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration" NERFINISHED
City of Moreland English via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
De Panne Dutch
De Haan Dutch via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
municipality of Puerto del Rosario
surface form: Puerto del Rosario
Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Byzantine period Greek via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Byzantine period Latin via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Ashoknagar Kalyangarh Bengali NERFINISHED
Ashoknagar Kalyangarh English
Barrackpore subdivision Bengali via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
North Dum Dum Municipality Bengali via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
North Dum Dum Municipality English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Aïn El Hammam Arabic
Harlow District English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Southwestern Montreal French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Southwestern Montreal English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
borough of Le Sud-Ouest
surface form: Le Sud-Ouest
French
Thiruthani Tamil NERFINISHED
Bissau Region Portuguese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Bissau Autonomous Sector Portuguese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Government of Guinea-Bissau Portuguese language
surface form: Portuguese
Mayor of Malden, Massachusetts English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
El Quiché Department Spanish
Municipality of Hatillo Spanish
Municipality of Hatillo English
Lülsfeld German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Oeiras
surface form: Oeiras (Piauí)
Portuguese language
surface form: Portuguese
Sétif Arabic via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Sola municipality Norwegian via predicate surface "languageOfficial"
Adalar Municipality Turkish via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"