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
Dasma
surface form: Dasmariñas
Filipino via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Dasma
surface form: Dasmariñas
English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Gannavaram (Assembly constituency) Telugu via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration" NERFINISHED
Municipality of Évora Portuguese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Administration of Nevsky District Russian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Ross Township English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Haley Station English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Osceola
surface form: Osceola, Ontario
English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Volos municipality Greek via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Rigas Feraios municipality Greek language via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Almyros municipality Greek via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Zagora-Mouresi municipality Greek
South Pelion municipality Greek via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Fort Saint Louis on the Illinois River French via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Eningen unter Achalm German
Riederich German
Bowser
surface form: Bowser, British Columbia
English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Kadena Town Japanese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Okinawa City municipal government Japanese via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Monteprandone Italian NERFINISHED
Martinsicuro Italian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Damville, Eure, France French
Fortune English
Lawn English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Garnish English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Winterland English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Rushoon English
Point au Gaul English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
English Harbour East English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Bay L'Argent English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Southeast Asian Ministers of Education Organization English
Tepoztlán, Morelos, Mexico
surface form: Tepoztlán
Spanish
São Luís Portuguese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
San Felipe Municipality Spanish
Ash-Shamli Arabic via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Al-Sulaimi Arabic
Bangladesh division of Mymensingh
surface form: Mymensingh Division
Bengali
Yartsevsky District Russian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Karmanovo Russian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Yuanjiang Hani, Yi and Dai Autonomous County Standard Chinese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Myasnikyan Armenian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Guachetá Municipality Spanish
Jeli District Council Malay via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Arsiero Italian
Recoaro Terme Italian
Barbarano Mossano Italian
Aigle District French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Cherokee County
surface form: Cherokee County, Oklahoma
English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Floß subcamp German via predicate surface "hasLanguageOfAdministration"
Minh Khai Ward Vietnamese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"