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
Niederscheld German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Fengtai County Standard Chinese
Juguang Islands Mandarin Chinese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Sheshatshiu Innu First Nation English
Sheshatshiu Innu First Nation Innu-aimun NERFINISHED
Majuli district Assamese NERFINISHED
Jorethang English
Jorethang Nepali NERFINISHED
Jorethang Sikkimese NERFINISHED
Jorethang Lepcha NERFINISHED
Allagadda Telugu via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Mahabubnagar district Telugu NERFINISHED
Montegaldella Italian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Levécourt French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Evenes Norwegian Bokmål NERFINISHED
Straumsnes Norwegian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Le Rayol-Canadel-sur-Mer French
Le Muy French
Vidauban French
Callas French
Les Adrets-de-l’Estérel French
Le Thoronet French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Salernes French
Aups French
Comps-sur-Artuby French
La Môle French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Sabaneta Spanish
Val Bregaglia Italian
New York State Senate, 16th District English via predicate surface "languageOfOfficialBusiness"
ceremonial county of Nottinghamshire English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
ceremonial county of Isle of Wight English
Locarno District Italian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Municipality of Ronco sopra Ascona Italian
Ronco Italian
Porto Ronco Italian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Ronco sopra Ascona Italian
Saint Thomas district English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Laneshaw Bridge civil parish English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Reedley English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Erquinghem-Lys French
Jalostotitlán Spanish
Tébessa Province Arabic
Antique, Philippines Filipino NERFINISHED
Antique, Philippines English
Khenchela Province Arabic
Zhuluo Village Mandarin Chinese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Eagle Butte, South Dakota English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Saint-Bernard-de-Lacolle French
Quebec Autoroute system French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Bhola Municipality Bengali via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"