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
PSK English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
PSK Scottish Gaelic via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Champtercier French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Sonseca Spanish
NTR district Telugu via predicate surface "languageOfficial" NERFINISHED
Nandigama (SC) Telugu via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Kenya (former provinces system) English via predicate surface "hadOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Kenya (former provinces system) Swahili via predicate surface "hadOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Municipality of Petorca Spanish
Santa María (city) Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Southwest Asia Service Medal English inscription
Mersin İdman Yurdu Turkish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Şile Municipality Turkish
Huntington Township Board of Supervisors English via predicate surface "languageOfOfficialBusiness"
Hackleton Parish Council English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Fufeng County, Baoji, Shaanxi, China Standard Chinese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
十堰市人民政府 汉语普通话
Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons English via predicate surface "languageOfOfficialUse"
Congregation of Christian Brothers English
Chabris, France
surface form: Chabris
French
People's Government of Shapingba District Standard Chinese
Fajardo barrio-pueblo Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Fajardo barrio-pueblo English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Municipal Government of Fajardo Spanish via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Saint-Maurice, Valais, Switzerland French
Câmara Municipal de Setúbal Portuguese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Metrovías S.A. Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Municipality of Aegina Greek via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
municipality of Aegina Greek
Salamina municipality Greek via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Poros municipality Greek
Spetses municipality Greek
Ar Rass Arabic
Al Bukayriyah Arabic
Al Badayea Arabic
UNESCO Associated Schools Network English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
UNESCO Associated Schools Network French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
UNESCO Associated Schools Network Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
UNESCO Associated Schools Network Arabic via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
UNESCO Associated Schools Network Russian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
UNESCO Associated Schools Network Chinese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
International Council of Museums English
International Council of Museums French
International Council of Museums Spanish
PFC Botev Plovdiv Bulgarian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Val-d'Oise departmental council French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Province of Lugo Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Muxía Galician
Muxía Spanish
Camariñas Galician NERFINISHED