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
Perros-Guirec French NERFINISHED
Mayiladuthurai district Tamil NERFINISHED
Kamrup district Assamese NERFINISHED
Pravets Municipality Bulgarian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Gorna Malina Municipality Bulgarian
Kostinbrod Municipality Bulgarian
People's Committee of Hai Hau District Vietnamese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
municipality of Amstelveen
surface form: Amstelveen
Dutch via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Kobe city government Japanese
Xianyang Municipal People’s Government Standard Chinese via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration" NERFINISHED
Ordizia Basque via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Ordizia Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Lohne German
Holdorf German
Goldenstedt German
Bakum German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
European Inventor Award English
European Inventor Award German
European Inventor Award French
Sjóvar kommuna Faroese
Maringá Portuguese via predicate surface "languageOfficial" NERFINISHED
Ponta Grossa Portuguese language
surface form: Portuguese
Russian Basketball Federation Russian
North District
surface form: North District, Daegu
Korean via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Boğaziçi University Rectorate Turkish via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Boğaziçi University Rectorate English via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Incisa Scapaccino Italian
Le Grand-Quevilly French
Bolotnaya Square Russian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Chantal French
Chantal Haitian Creole NERFINISHED
Île-à-Vache French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Aquin Arrondissement French
Aquin Arrondissement Haitian Creole NERFINISHED
Italian Italian language via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Colonia Merced Balbuena Spanish
Iztacalco, Mexico City
surface form: Iztacalco
Spanish
South Dundas English via predicate surface "languageOfficial"
Moa Spanish
Moa Municipality Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Lifou Island French
Mogilno County Polish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Akola district Marathi NERFINISHED
Karur district Tamil NERFINISHED
Lower Assam Assamese NERFINISHED
Kostenets Municipality Bulgarian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Sacile Italian
Ministry of Health of Costa Rica Spanish
Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock of Costa Rica Spanish
Costa Rican Social Security Fund Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED