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
Puerto Santander Spanish
Tibú Spanish
Chinácota Spanish
Convención Spanish
El Tarra Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Puerto Gaitán (urban area) Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Măcin Romanian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Aberdeen
surface form: Aberdeen, Hong Kong
Chinese
Aberdeen
surface form: Aberdeen, Hong Kong
English
Castellterçol Catalan
Castellterçol Spanish
Department of Justice and Public Safety (New Brunswick) English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Department of Justice and Public Safety (New Brunswick) French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Faucon-de-Barcelonnette French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Les Thuiles French
Enchastrayes French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
La Condamine-Châtelard French
Saint-Pons French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Demonte Italian
Vinadio Italian NERFINISHED
Anserma Municipality Spanish
Southern District Chinese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Southern District English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Quarry Bay Chinese
Quarry Bay English
Federal Tax Service of Russia Russian
United World Wrestling English
United World Wrestling French
Khagrachhari Hill District Bengali via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Wichita and Affiliated Tribes English
Irish state Irish
Irish state English
present-day Utah English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Castelfranco di Sotto Italian
Santa Croce sull'Arno Italian
Vecchiano Italian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Pomarance Italian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Ponsacco Italian
Buti Italian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Castellina Marittima Italian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Guardistallo Italian
Montescudaio Italian
Riparbella Italian NERFINISHED
Santa Luce Italian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Fauglia Italian
Chianni Italian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Capannoli Italian
Briga Alta Italian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Chiquilistlán Spanish
Karanpur Hindi via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"