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
Yichang Statistics Bureau Chinese
Deseronto English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Syria Palaestina Latin via predicate surface "administrativeLanguage"
Syria Palaestina Greek via predicate surface "administrativeLanguage"
2002 World Figure Skating Championships English
2002 World Figure Skating Championships French
West Malaysia Malay NERFINISHED
Émanville French
La Neuve-Lyre French
Saint-Ouen-d'Attez French
Nishiwaki city government Japanese
Bongaon Municipality Bengali via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Bongaon Municipality English via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration" NERFINISHED
Sofifi Indonesian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Pasar Rebo Indonesian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Turkish National Commission for UNESCO Turkish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
新竹市 中文
Oceania (Nineteen Eighty-Four) Newspeak NERFINISHED
Shanghai Sports Bureau Chinese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
2011 World Aquatics Championships English
2011 World Aquatics Championships French
2011 World Aquatics Championships Chinese
Comuna 1 of Buenos Aires Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
La Pobla de Segur Catalan
La Pobla de Segur Spanish
Kall German
Weyer German
Otog Banner Standard Chinese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Otog Front Banner Standard Chinese via predicate surface "usesOfficialLanguage"
Chahardangeh Persian NERFINISHED
Central District of Islamshahr County Persian NERFINISHED
Ahmadabad-e Mostowfi District Persian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Chichaklu Rural District Persian NERFINISHED
Marl German
CPIP II Filipino via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
CPIP II English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Oberbergischer Kreis German
Zülpich German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Feira de Santana Portuguese language
surface form: Portuguese
Hesdin, Pas-de-Calais, France
surface form: Hesdin
French
Kwajalein Atoll Local Government (KALGOV)
surface form: Kwajalein Atoll Local Government
Marshallese via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Kwajalein Atoll Local Government (KALGOV)
surface form: Kwajalein Atoll Local Government
English via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Meyami Persian NERFINISHED
Deutsches Eck German
Jinggu Dai and Yi Autonomous County Standard Chinese
Walsall North English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Van, Turkey Turkish
State Government of Perak Malay via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Ayer Tawar Malay NERFINISHED
North-East Atlantic Fisheries Commission English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"