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
Obersaxen Romansh NERFINISHED
Breil/Brigels Romansh via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Breil/Brigels German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Serampore subdivision Bengali via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Buochs German
Dallenwil German
Dorchester Gaol English via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Insular Italy Italian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Magnolia, Delaware English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Mayen-Koblenz German NERFINISHED
Liverpool, Pennsylvania English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
municipality of Riedholz
surface form: Riedholz
German
municipality of Deitingen
surface form: Deitingen
German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Arjuni Morgaon Marathi NERFINISHED
arrondissement of Saverne French
Valtice Czech
Municipality of Pájara Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Tulancingo de Bravo Municipality Spanish
Capital Department, Tucumán Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Titabor Assamese NERFINISHED
Nusco Italian NERFINISHED
Volturara Irpina Italian NERFINISHED
Yerba Buena Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Legislature of Tucumán Spanish
Béthune-Bruay, Artois-Lys Romane intercommunality
surface form: Béthune-Bruay, Artois-Lys Romane
French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Xixia
surface form: Western Xia
Tangut language via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Florencia Spanish
Solita Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Curillo Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Doncello Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Town Hall of Torgau German via predicate surface "hasLanguageOfAdministration"
Strzegom, Poland
surface form: Strzegom
Polish
Las Piedras Spanish
Bullingdon Hundred English via predicate surface "hasLanguageOfAdministration" NERFINISHED
Palghar district Marathi NERFINISHED
Bhiwandi-Nizampur Marathi NERFINISHED
Karjat Marathi NERFINISHED
Alibag Marathi via predicate surface "languageOfficial" NERFINISHED
MMR
surface form: Mumbai Metropolitan Region
Marathi via predicate surface "languageOfficial"
Hosle Norwegian Bokmål via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Township of Greater Madawaska English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Flag of Krasnoyarsk Russian via predicate surface "languageOfOfficialRegulation"
Eagle Creek Township government English via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Alano di Piave Italian
HM Prison Parkhurst English via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration" NERFINISHED
Salekasa Marathi via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Wiesen German
Northern Province
surface form: Northern Province (Zambia)
English
Municipality of Maipú Spanish via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Yaroslavl and Rostov Eparchy Russian via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"