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
El Nido English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
CA
surface form: Canadian Alliance
English
CA
surface form: Canadian Alliance
French
Municipality of Piedras Negras Spanish
Municipality of Piedras Negras Spanish via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Laifeng County Standard Chinese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Nanhai District Standard Chinese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Kochi, Kerala Malayalam
Kochi, Kerala English
Taura German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Metropolitan Toronto English
Maransart French
Mount Currie, British Columbia English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Mijas Spanish
Government of the Province of Mendoza Spanish
Distrito Federal Portuguese language
surface form: Portuguese
Mariana Portuguese language
surface form: Portuguese
San Blas-Canillejas Spanish
Antelias Arabic via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Catholicos of the Great House of Cilicia Armenian via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Catholicos of the Great House of Cilicia Arabic via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Catholicos of the Great House of Cilicia English via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Communauté d’agglomération du Grand Guéret French
Munger Municipal Corporation Hindi via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Central Abaco district (administrative)
surface form: Central Abaco district
English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Great Abaco Island English
South Jersey Port Corporation English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Eight Banners system Manchu language via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration" NERFINISHED
Oxford Parks and Recreation English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Ajuntament de Lluchmajor (Lluchmajor Town Council)
surface form: Ajuntament de Lluchmajor
Catalan via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Ajuntament de Lluchmajor (Lluchmajor Town Council)
surface form: Ajuntament de Lluchmajor
Spanish via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Municipality of Rayones, Nuevo León Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Milevsko Czech
Kaplice Czech
Dulmen, Germany
surface form: Dülmen
German
Municipality of Sesquilé Spanish
Municipality of Guasca Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Departamento de Norte de Santander Spanish
General Escobedo Spanish
City of General Escobedo Spanish
Regional Assembly of the Pardubice Region Czech
provinces of A Coruña, Lugo, Ourense and Pontevedra
surface form: A Coruña
Galician
provinces of A Coruña, Lugo, Ourense and Pontevedra
surface form: A Coruña
Spanish
provinces of A Coruña, Lugo, Ourense and Pontevedra
surface form: Lugo
Galician
provinces of A Coruña, Lugo, Ourense and Pontevedra
surface form: Lugo
Spanish
provinces of A Coruña, Lugo, Ourense and Pontevedra
surface form: Ourense
Galician NERFINISHED
provinces of A Coruña, Lugo, Ourense and Pontevedra
surface form: Ourense
Spanish
provinces of A Coruña, Lugo, Ourense and Pontevedra
surface form: Pontevedra
Galician NERFINISHED
provinces of A Coruña, Lugo, Ourense and Pontevedra
surface form: Pontevedra
Spanish
Manilva Spanish