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
National Archives of Zimbabwe English
National Archives of Zimbabwe Shona NERFINISHED
National Archives of Zimbabwe Ndebele
Bay, Laguna Filipino via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Bay, Laguna English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Mabitac, Laguna Filipino via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Mabitac, Laguna English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Luisiana, Laguna Filipino via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Luisiana, Laguna English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Provincial Government of Laguna Filipino via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Provincial Government of Laguna English via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Municipality of Los Baños Filipino
Municipality of Los Baños English
Nujiang Lisu Autonomous Prefecture Standard Chinese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Royal Commission for AlUla Arabic
People's Committee of Bồ Đề Ward Vietnamese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Phường Cự Khối Vietnamese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Government of Tulsa, Oklahoma English via predicate surface "languageOfOfficialActs"
Gucheng County Chinese
Dina Tehsil Urdu via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Aguachica Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Bosconia Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Curumaní Spanish
Chiriguaná Spanish
Fouka Arabic via predicate surface "officialLanguageOfCountry" NERFINISHED
Sidi Amar Arabic
Messelmoun Arabic
Larhat Arabic via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Larhat Berber via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Attatba Arabic via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Chaiba Arabic
Khemisti Arabic via predicate surface "officialLanguageOfCountry" NERFINISHED
Douaouda Arabic
Merad Arabic via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Merad Berber via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Damous District Arabic
Sidi Amar District Arabic
平顶山 普通话
Diocese of Zealand Latin via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Diocese of Zealand Danish via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
後周 中古漢語
Evenki Autonomous Banner Standard Chinese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Molidawa Daur Autonomous Banner Chinese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Ofakim Hebrew NERFINISHED
Rahat Hebrew NERFINISHED
Province of Ourense Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Province of Ourense Galician via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Ayuntamiento de Ourense Spanish via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Ayuntamiento de Ourense Galician via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Granadine Confederation Spanish