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
Kiraz Turkish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Zhangjiajie Municipal People's Government Chinese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Chastre French
Court-Saint-Étienne French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Genappe French
Hélécine French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Incourt French
Ittre French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Office of Victim Services and Justice Grants English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Bitcoin Foundation English
Palerang Council English
McLemoresville, Tennessee, United States
surface form: McLemoresville, Tennessee
English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
entire District of Columbia
surface form: District of Columbia
English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Liland Norwegian NERFINISHED
Municipality of Tías Spanish
Welschenrohr-Gänsbrunnen German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
21st Judicial District of North Carolina English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Mul Marathi NERFINISHED
Saoli Marathi via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Rajura Marathi via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Stans German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Oberdorf
surface form: Oberdorf (Nidwalden)
German
Stansstad German
Wolfenschiessen German
Emmetten German
Claremont English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Priory English
Bamboo
surface form: Bamboo, Saint Ann, Jamaica
English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Porto Torres Italian
Tepeji del Río de Ocampo Spanish
Congreso del Estado de Hidalgo español
Mai Dich Ward Vietnamese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Nghia Do Ward Vietnamese
Nghia Tan Ward Vietnamese NERFINISHED
Nghia Tan Ward Vietnamese via predicate surface "administrativeLanguage"
Sumida City Office Japanese
Basavakalyan Kannada NERFINISHED
Daajing Giids English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Skidegate First Nation English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Hlgaagilda English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Fremont County, Idaho English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Mustang Nepali via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Jomsom Rural Municipality Nepali via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
people's courts of the People's Republic of China Standard Chinese
Batete Spanish
Spanish New Mexico Spanish
Caerano di San Marco Italian
UEFA Women’s competitions English via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
UEFA Women’s competitions French via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
UEFA Women’s competitions German via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"