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
Gressier (town)
surface form: Gressier
French
Gressier (town)
surface form: Gressier
Haitian Creole NERFINISHED
Cabaret Commune French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Cabaret Commune Haitian Creole via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Léogâne Arrondissement French
Marmelade French
Marmelade Haitian Creole NERFINISHED
Boucan-Carré French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Cerca-la-Source French
Cerca-la-Source Haitian Creole NERFINISHED
Belladère French
Belladère Haitian Creole NERFINISHED
Thomonde French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Thomonde Haitian Creole via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Maïssade French
Maïssade Haitian Creole NERFINISHED
Maniche French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Maniche Haitian Creole via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Tiburon French
Tiburon Haitian Creole NERFINISHED
Arniquet French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Arniquet Haitian Creole via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Elmwood, Nebraska English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Lushnjë Albanian
Joynagar Majilpur Bengali
Mamit district Mizo via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Mamit district English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Muratlı Turkish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Croatian Republic of Herzeg-Bosnia Croatian
Botorrita Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Gricigliano Italian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Colville Indian Reservation English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Colonia Jardín Balbuena Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Gustavo A. Madero, Mexico City Spanish
Terminal de Autobuses de Pasajeros de Oriente Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Shajapur district Hindi
Petah Tikva Municipality Hebrew via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Corsier-sur-Vevey, Vaud, Switzerland
surface form: Corsier-sur-Vevey
French NERFINISHED
Corsier-sur-Vevey cemetery, Vaud, Switzerland
surface form: Corsier-sur-Vevey cemetery
French via predicate surface "languageOfLocalAdministration"
Senate Chancellery of Berlin German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle Indonesian
Ratingen German
Parchen German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Tucheim German NERFINISHED
Mützel German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Tabwakea English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Tabwakea Gilbertese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Government of Aruba Dutch via predicate surface "officialLanguageOfAdministration" NERFINISHED
Lanusei Italian NERFINISHED
Manggarai Regency Indonesian