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
Caracolí Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Maceo Spanish
Ituango Spanish
municipality of Briceño Spanish
municipality of San Andrés de Cuerquia
surface form: San Andrés de Cuerquia
Spanish
Municipality of Medellín Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Chungcheongnam-do Korean
Tongguan District Standard Chinese
Ouled Rabah Arabic via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Nord-Ouest Department French
Nord-Ouest Department Haitian Creole NERFINISHED
Noville French
San Juan
surface form: San Juan (Telde)
Spanish
Bagnols-en-Forêt French
Terricciola Italian NERFINISHED
Provincial Court of New Brunswick English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Provincial Court of New Brunswick French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Msukaligwa Local Municipality English via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Msukaligwa Local Municipality isiZulu via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Msukaligwa Local Municipality Afrikaans via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Luni, Province of La Spezia Italian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Chabua Assamese NERFINISHED
Chabua English
Xcalakoop San Antonio Xpakay 3 Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Oudegem Dutch
Lohmar German
Wezembeek-Oppem Dutch
Wezembeek-Oppem French
Kwethluk, Alaska English
Yi’an District Standard Chinese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Ouled Aïssa Arabic via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Rosciano Italian
Triora Italian
McAdam, New Brunswick English
Puerto Triunfo Spanish
Municipality of Fusagasugá Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Municipality of Fusagasugá Spanish via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Ofu Tongan via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Ofu English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Purulia Municipality Bengali via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Purulia Municipality English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Vallabhi Sanskrit via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration" NERFINISHED
Bargersville English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Mudon Township Burmese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Kamensk-Uralsky Russian via predicate surface "nationalLanguage"
Tecolotlán Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Golaghat Assamese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Golaghat English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Phrae province Thai
Polotsk Governorate Russian via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"