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
Thottiyam Tamil NERFINISHED
Thottiyam Tamil via predicate surface "administrativeLanguage"
U.S. Senate seats from California English via predicate surface "languageOfOfficialBusiness"
municipal government of Calumet City English via predicate surface "languageOfOfficialActs"
Senate building in Antananarivo Malagasy via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguageOfCountry"
Senate building in Antananarivo French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguageOfCountry"
Diana Region Malagasy NERFINISHED
Diana Region French
Umguza Rural District Council English via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Alor Regency Indonesian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Čukarička Padina Serbian language NERFINISHED
Sunčana Padina Serbian via predicate surface "usesOfficialLanguage"
Umka Serbian NERFINISHED
Rakovica municipality Serbian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Timiș County Romanian via predicate surface "languageOfficial"
Avon French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Gyeryong city
surface form: Gyeryong
Korean
Drummondville French
Bordj Okhriss Arabic via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Northern Savanna Province Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Hinckley and Bosworth Borough Council English
Invictus Games English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Fisher Heights English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Fisher Heights French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Manzini Region English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Manzini Region siSwati via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Countryside Council for Wales English
Countryside Council for Wales Welsh
Nicosia Municipality (south) Greek via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Reserve Bank of Vanuatu English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguageEnvironment"
Reserve Bank of Vanuatu French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguageEnvironment" NERFINISHED
Reserve Bank of Vanuatu Bislama via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguageEnvironment" NERFINISHED
Lac La Croix First Nation English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Portage Lake
surface form: Portage Lake, Maine
English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Nuns' Island French
Tiraque Province Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Vogogna Italian
Andrés Ibáñez Province Spanish via predicate surface "languageOfficial"
Saint-Raphaël French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Saint-Raphaël Haitian Creole via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Lucerne, Switzerland
surface form: Lucerne
German NERFINISHED
נגב עברית via predicate surface "שפה רשמית"
Amazonas State (Venezuela) Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Tabio Municipality Spanish
Municipio de Chía español
Vietnamese-backed People's Republic of Kampuchea government
surface form: People's Republic of Kampuchea government
Khmer
Pati Indonesian
Kendal Indonesian via predicate surface "languageOfficial" NERFINISHED
Tabarre French
Tabarre Haitian Creole NERFINISHED