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 Nare Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
San Roque Spanish
Municipality of Anapoima Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Al Lith Governorate Arabic
Zhifu District Standard Chinese
Aïn Abid Arabic
Fritzdorf German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Serov Russian
Vizianagaram district Telugu NERFINISHED
Naharkatia Assamese NERFINISHED
Xcalacoop Pueblo Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Montauroux French
Gempen German
Ahualulco de Mercado Spanish
Murray Ward English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Tlemcen Province Arabic
Province of Limarí Spanish
San Giuliano Terme Italian
Wormersdorf German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
El Khroub Arabic
Sukhothai province Thai
Chenôve French
Raisinghnagar Hindi via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Xcalakoop San Antonio Xpakay 7 Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Santa Bárbara Department Spanish
Neiafu Tongan NERFINISHED
Neiafu English
Bathurst District English via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration" NERFINISHED
Regional Municipality of Ottawa–Carleton English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Regional Municipality of Ottawa–Carleton French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Eelde Dutch
Amatitán Spanish
Jendouba Arabic
Cuajinicuilapa Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Kediri Regency Indonesian
Río Grande Department Spanish
Villecroze French
Nunapitchuk, Alaska English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Wiślica County Polish via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Taburao English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Taburao Gilbertese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Al Kamil Governorate Arabic
Al Kamil Governorate Arabic via predicate surface "nationalLanguage"
Casciana Terme Lari Italian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Sai Wan Ho Chinese
Sai Wan Ho English
Yondó Spanish
Anupgarh Hindi
Anupgarh Rajasthani (regional)
Ghardimaou Arabic via predicate surface "officialLanguageOfCountry"