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
Dispur, Assam
surface form: Dispur
English
Willebroek Dutch via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Klemetsrud Norwegian Bokmål via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Klemetsrud Norwegian Nynorsk via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Pieksämäki Finnish via predicate surface "languageOfficial"
Bordj Bou Arréridj Province Arabic
Bretteville-sur-Laize French
Putot-en-Bessin French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Tanjungsari Indonesian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Ku-ring-gai Council English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Westcliffe Estates English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Westcliffe Estates French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Sakarya Metropolitan Municipality Turkish
Correggio, Emilia-Romagna, Italy Italian
Diocese of Erfurt German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Mahendragarh district Hindi via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Dhading District Nepali NERFINISHED
Aït Khellili Arabic via predicate surface "countryOfficialLanguage"
Aït Khellili Tamazight via predicate surface "countryOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Paschim Bardhaman district Bengali NERFINISHED
Paschim Bardhaman district English
Mikulovice Czech
San Pedro
surface form: San Pedro (Breña Alta)
Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Comune di Muggia Italian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Aquilinia-Stramare Italian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Noghere Italian via predicate surface "officialLanguageOfCountry"
Botevgrad Municipality Bulgarian
Ihtiman Municipality Bulgarian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Elin Pelin Municipality Bulgarian
Pirdop Municipality Bulgarian
Dragoman Municipality Bulgarian
Svoge Municipality Bulgarian
Godech Municipality Bulgarian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Godech Municipality Bulgarian via predicate surface "administrativeLanguage"
Chavdar Municipality Bulgarian
Petrich Municipality (historical/administrative context may vary)
surface form: Petrich Municipality
Bulgarian
Montana Province Bulgarian
Bourg-Saint-Pierre French
New Tecumseth, Ontario English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Murqub District Arabic
Pacho, Cundinamarca, Colombia Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Aquitania Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Tota Spanish
Cuitiva Spanish
La Macarena Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Acacías Municipality Spanish
Cota Municipality Spanish
Tenjo Municipality Spanish
Chía town
surface form: Chía
Spanish
Alcaldía Municipal de Chía Spanish