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
North Cachar Hills Autonomous Council English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Wels District German
Waidhofen an der Ybbs German
Kotor, Montenegro Montenegrin
Davangere district Kannada NERFINISHED
Baraut Hindi
Khekra Hindi
English Bazar Bengali
English Bazaar
surface form: English Bazar
Bengali
Patim Portuguese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Achada Furna Portuguese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Salinas
surface form: Salinas (Fogo, Cape Verde)
Portuguese language
surface form: Portuguese
Hahaya Comorian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Hahaya Arabic via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Hahaya French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Roberton English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Rorschach German
International Commission for the Protection of Lake Constance German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of Baden-Württemberg German
Ministry of Rural Areas and Consumer Protection of Baden-Württemberg German
Ekuanitshit First Nation Innu-aimun NERFINISHED
Ekuanitshit First Nation French
Uashat French
Mani-Utenam French NERFINISHED
Innu Takuaikan Uashat mak Mani-Utenam band council French via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Innu Takuaikan Uashat mak Mani-Utenam band council Innu-aimun via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration" NERFINISHED
Innu Takuaikan Uashat mak Mani-Utenam French
Innu Takuaikan Uashat mak Mani-Utenam Innu-aimun NERFINISHED
Roberval, Quebec French
Conseil des Innus de Pessamit French
Conseil des Innus de Pessamit Innu-aimun NERFINISHED
Betsiamites French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Mariani Assamese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Mariani English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Pieve di Teco Italian NERFINISHED
Fusiliers de Sherbrooke French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Metropolis of Aix-Marseille-Provence French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Roosevelt Campobello International Park Commission English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Roosevelt Campobello International Park Commission French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Conseil des Innus de Nutashkuan French
Conseil des Innus de Nutashkuan Innu-aimun NERFINISHED
Wisconsin Municipal Courts English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Wisconsin Department of Administration English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Blijham Dutch via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Moormerland German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Petrovec Municipality Macedonian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Camaret-sur-Mer French
Ometepec Municipality Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Llanarthne Welsh via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Llanarthne English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"