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
Rumst Dutch NERFINISHED
Ranaghat Bengali NERFINISHED
Pekuakamiulnuatsh First Nation French
Pekuakamiulnuatsh First Nation Innu-aimun NERFINISHED
Horton, Ontario English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Vejle Municipality Danish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Banaganapalle Telugu via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Santiago Tilantongo Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Chetaïbi District Arabic
Bobadela Portuguese language
surface form: Portuguese
Unhos Portuguese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Caldas Spanish
Sam Ngao District Thai via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
District of Locarno Italian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Autorità di Sistema Portuale del Mar Tirreno Centro Settentrionale Italian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Toyooka City Government Japanese
Macapá Portuguese language
surface form: Portuguese
Changle County Standard Chinese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Val Poschiavo Italian
Kursk Governorate Russian via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Wallenhorst German
Merchtem Dutch
Nawuri people English via predicate surface "countryOfficialLanguage"
Central Province government English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
municipal mayor’s office of Magangué
surface form: Municipal Mayor’s Office of Magangué
Spanish
City of Cambridge English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Township of North Dumfries English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Township of Wellesley English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Township of Wilmot English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Baisha Township Mandarin Chinese NERFINISHED
Spoltore Italian
Francavilla al Mare Italian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Cepagatti Italian
Città Sant’Angelo Italian
Silvi Italian
Torrevecchia Teatina Italian
Chlumec, Czech Republic
surface form: Chlumec
Czech via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Kharagpur Municipality Bengali via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Kharagpur Municipality English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
মাদ্রাজ তামিল via predicate surface "সরকারি_ভাষা"
Naharkatiya town
surface form: Naharkatiya
Assamese NERFINISHED
Dima Hasao Assamese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Dima Hasao English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Vieux-Longueuil borough French
Greenfield Park borough French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Greenfield Park borough English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Saint-Hubert borough French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Rideau-Rockcliffe Ward English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Rideau-Rockcliffe Ward French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Sonobe Japanese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"