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
Potigny French
Mwali Comorian
Mwali Arabic
Mwali French
Mwali
surface form: Mohéli
Comorian
Mwali
surface form: Mohéli
Arabic
Mwali
surface form: Mohéli
French NERFINISHED
Moheli Comorian
Moheli Arabic
Moheli French NERFINISHED
Kalaburagi City Corporation Kannada via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration" NERFINISHED
Tritenii de Jos, Cluj County, Romania
surface form: Tritenii de Jos
Romanian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Philippine archipelagic baselines English via predicate surface "languageOfLaw"
Philippine archipelagic baselines Filipino via predicate surface "languageOfLaw"
Kim Bang District Vietnamese
Guayatá Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Shou County Standard Chinese
Biesterfeld German via predicate surface "languageOfLocalAdministration"
Novouralsk Russian via predicate surface "languageOfficial"
British Tanganyika English
British Tanganyika English via predicate surface "administrativeLanguage"
Bujumbura Kirundi NERFINISHED
Bujumbura French NERFINISHED
Bujumbura English
Huichapan Municipality Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Cuoio, Italy Italian
Ministry of Justice of Montenegro Montenegrin via predicate surface "officialLanguageUsed"
West Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Indian Ocean territory of the Cocos (Keeling) Islands English
Concejo Municipal de Guatavita Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Machetá Spanish
Tibirita Spanish
Departamento de Vichada Spanish
Procuraduría General de la Nación español
Rayong Province Thai
Capitol Hill, Saipan English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Seal of the Northern Mariana Islands English
Seal of the Northern Mariana Islands Chamorro NERFINISHED
Seal of the Northern Mariana Islands Carolinian
Pöcking, Bavaria, Germany
surface form: Pöcking
German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Province No. 2, Nepal Nepali via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Dharan Nepali NERFINISHED
Itahari Nepali NERFINISHED
Damak Nepali NERFINISHED
Autorità di Sistema Portuale del Mare Adriatico Centro-Settentrionale Italian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Palibino estate, Vitebsk Governorate, Russian Empire Russian via predicate surface "languageOfLocalAdministration"
San Gregorio Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
municipality of Tejeda Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Skopje Region Macedonian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Canton of Appenzell Innerrhoden German