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
Lhasa Municipal Government Standard Chinese via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Lhasa Municipal Government Tibetan language via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Medel (Lucmagn) Romansh
Giano dell’Umbria Italian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Canton of Saint-Raphaël French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Amealco de Bonfil Spanish
Island Council of El Hierro Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
El Pinar de El Hierro Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Ajuntament de Manresa Catalan via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration" NERFINISHED
Ajuntament de Manresa Spanish via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Haro, La Rioja, Spain Spanish
Nanyang Municipal People's Government Standard Chinese
Havana City Hall Spanish via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Shuangcheng District Standard Chinese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Chaumont-Gistoux French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Rebecq French
Gaisbach German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Oosterzele Dutch
Mehkar Marathi NERFINISHED
Misato Japanese
Accra Metropolitan Assembly English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Sulu Province Filipino
Sulu Province English
Municipality of Santiago, Nuevo León Spanish
Buk-gu, Ulsan Korean via predicate surface "languageOfficial"
Grez-Doiceau French
Bhopalgarh Hindi via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Bhopalgarh Rajasthani via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Bürglen
surface form: Bürglen UR
German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Nußbach German
Khamgaon Marathi via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Lonar Marathi NERFINISHED
Yadgir
surface form: Yadgir district
Kannada NERFINISHED
Yadgir Kannada NERFINISHED
Gujar Khan Urdu NERFINISHED
Shawinigan-2 Generating Station French via predicate surface "languageUsedInOfficialContext"
Belén de los Andaquíes Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
El Paujíl Spanish
Romblon Bisaya none via predicate surface "countryOfficialLanguageOf"
Municipality of Marín Spanish
Villaverde Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Municipality of Betancuria Spanish
Japan Tourism Agency Japanese
Regional District of Mount Waddington English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Calle Socabaya Spanish-speaking urban area via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguageContext"
Tujetsch Romansh NERFINISHED
Tujetsch German
Castrisch German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Castrisch Romansh via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Cassano Irpino Italian