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
Magdiwang English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Betong, Thailand Thai
municipal government of Ezeiza Partido Spanish
Monte Grande Spanish
Tatvan Turkish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Հացեկաց Armenian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Hino city government Japanese
Ōme Japanese
Lijiang municipal authorities Standard Chinese via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Steeg German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Gilby English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Thomaskirchhof German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Los Angeles City Council District 6 English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
As Eyla Arabic via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
As Eyla French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
ECA English
municipality of Llaillay
surface form: Municipality of Llaillay
Spanish via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
成田市 Japanese
Murang'a County English
Murang'a County Swahili NERFINISHED
Commune of Coyhaique Spanish
Malé City Dhivehi NERFINISHED
First Republic of Maldives Dhivehi NERFINISHED
Dieppe, New Brunswick French
Caraquet, New Brunswick French
Egypt under Seti I Egyptian language NERFINISHED
Fontenay-en-Parisis French
Tarnowskie Góry Polish via predicate surface "languageOfficial"
Mont-Saint-Guibert French
Kelan County Chinese
Hubli Kannada NERFINISHED
Puerto Rico
surface form: Puerto Rico, Caquetá
Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Council of Delegates of UNASUR Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Council of Delegates of UNASUR Portuguese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Council of Delegates of UNASUR English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Council of Delegates of UNASUR Dutch via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Council of Delegates of UNASUR French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Council of Delegates of UNASUR Guaraní via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Council of Delegates of UNASUR Quechua via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Council of Delegates of UNASUR Aymara via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Khopoli Marathi NERFINISHED
Tuquan County Standard Chinese
Xilinhot Standard Chinese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Igelswies German
Gräfenhausen German
Pauschwitz German
Vesthimmerland Municipality Danish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Jhalokati District Bengali NERFINISHED
Lucban Filipino NERFINISHED
Lucban English