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
Brighton, Ontario English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Stirling-Rawdon English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Dergaon Assamese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Dergaon English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Yopal Spanish
Huainan Municipal People's Government Standard Chinese via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration" NERFINISHED
Leopoldsburg, Belgium
surface form: Leopoldsburg
Dutch via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Hogbonu French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Republic of Benin government French
Zou Department French
Lampedusa Italian NERFINISHED
Belgaum Kannada NERFINISHED
Sundargarh district Odia via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Thomaston English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Katano Japanese
Bailey, North Carolina English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Hademstorf German
The Webbies English
Minnesota Senate English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Onex town hall French via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Commune of Versoix French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Ilava District Slovak via predicate surface "administrativeLanguage"
Santana
surface form: Santana (Amapá)
Portuguese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Laranjal do Jari Portuguese language
surface form: Portuguese
Bobowa Polish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Gmina Biecz Polish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Gmina Bobowa Polish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Gmina Łużna Polish
Gmina Moszczenica Polish
Gmina Sękowa Polish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Glücksburg German
Riano Italian
Huaishang District Standard Chinese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Goi town Vietnamese
Afton, Iowa English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Granada, Nicaragua Spanish
California State Senate District 6 English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Alna borough Norwegian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Tigres de Aragua Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Linkebeek Dutch
Lubartów County Polish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Lambton Shores English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Tototlán Municipality Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Đinh dynasty Classical Chinese NERFINISHED
Ly Nhan District Vietnamese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Chakradharpur Hindi
Beigan Township Mandarin Chinese NERFINISHED
Juguang Township Mandarin Chinese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Jieshou Village Mandarin Chinese NERFINISHED
Renai Village Mandarin Chinese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED