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
Nydalen Norwegian via predicate surface "officialLanguageOfLocation" NERFINISHED
Wejherowo County Polish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Marquelia Municipality Spanish
Camisano Vicentino Italian NERFINISHED
Cervarese Santa Croce Italian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
British colonial administration in Burma English
British colonial administration in Burma Burmese
municipal government of Sabinas Spanish via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
government of Coahuila
surface form: Government of Coahuila
Spanish
Municipality of San Bartolomé Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Ayuntamiento de San Bartolomé Spanish via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
La Asomada Spanish
Tías (town)
surface form: Tías
Spanish
Municipality of Haría Spanish
Haría municipality Spanish
municipal council of Teguise Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Tehrathum District Nepali NERFINISHED
Kadapa district Telugu NERFINISHED
municipality of Soral
surface form: Soral
French
Mangaldoi Assamese
Yen Dinh Vietnamese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Côteaux French
Côteaux Haitian Creole NERFINISHED
Kuningan Regency Indonesian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Saha District, Busan Korean
Nelson, New Zealand English
Woodlawn Park English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Månkarbo Swedish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Lingbo Swedish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Weener German NERFINISHED
Westoverledingen German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Rhauderfehn German
Hesel German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Jemgum German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Attorney General of Wisconsin English
Jayuya Spanish
Jayuya English
city of Mercedes, Corrientes
surface form: Mercedes, Corrientes
Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
city of Colonia Carlos Pellegrini
surface form: Colonia Carlos Pellegrini
Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Fühlingen, Cologne, Germany
surface form: Fühlingen
German
Port Hope Simpson English
Singil-dong Korean via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Wietrzychowice Polish
Kizu Japanese via predicate surface "nationalLanguage"
Boe District Nauruan
Boe District English
Konin County Polish
Nakło nad Notecią Polish
Chuadanga District Bengali via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
North Cachar Hills Autonomous Council Assamese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED