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
Rangapara Assamese
Chief Minister, Treasury and Economic Development Directorate English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Justice and Community Safety Directorate English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
municipality of Barichara
surface form: Barichara
Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
arrondissement of Torcy French via predicate surface "administrativeLanguage"
Servicio Geológico Colombiano español
Paicol Spanish
La Plata (Huila) Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Copacabana Spanish
Barbosa Spanish
Xiangyin County Chinese
Copala Municipality Spanish
South Bruce Peninsula English
Municipality of Tuxpan, Nayarit Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Magny-le-Hongre French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Handforth Town Council English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Mysłakowice Polish
Sande (Friesland) German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Gostivar Macedonian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Veles Macedonian
Bra Italian
municipality of Caldas Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Slavyanskaya Square Russian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Europaudvalget Danish
La Estrella Spanish
Municipality of Vorë Albanian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Tirana City Hall Albanian via predicate surface "hasLanguageOfAdministration"
Longare Italian
Itabashi Japanese
Dong District Korean via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
municipality of Samos Greek via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Municipality of Fournoi Korseon Greek via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Caparica e Trafaria Portuguese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Mangan district English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Mangan district Nepali via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Mangan district Sikkimese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Mangan district Lepcha via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Mangan district Hindi via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Jalpaiguri Municipality Bengali via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Mae La Noi District Thai via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Uttwil German NERFINISHED
Palmira Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Yumbo Spanish
Tuluá Spanish
Forestville French
Port-Cartier French
Fermont French
Schefferville French NERFINISHED
Les Escoumins French
Siø Danish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"