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
Gmina Terespol Polish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Františkovy Lázně Czech
Cheb historic center Czech
Colmenar de Oreja Spanish
Municipality of Simi Greek
Fallon Paiute-Shoshone Reservation English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Vimbodí i Poblet Catalan
Vimbodí i Poblet Spanish
Parliament of Cantabria Spanish
Torrelavega Spanish
Castro Urdiales Spanish
Piélagos Spanish
Reinosa Spanish
Kafr Saad Arabic
Raiganj Municipality Bengali via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Raiganj Municipality English via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Alonnisos municipality Greek
Halabja Governorate Kurdish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Rishivandiyam Tamil via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration" NERFINISHED
Rickenbach German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Municipality of Sanlúcar de Barrameda Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Rotthalmünster German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Nocaima Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Quebradanegra Spanish
Kropyvnytskyi Raion Ukrainian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Kié-Ntem Province Spanish
Kié-Ntem Province French
Kié-Ntem Province Portuguese language
surface form: Portuguese
West Covina Unified School District English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Afareaitu French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Bellano Italian NERFINISHED
North Caucasus Krai Russian
Couvin French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Bishnupur district Meitei (Manipuri) via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Bishnupur district English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Bassano del Grappa Italian
Acquaviva Picena Italian
Sanza Italian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Tumpat District Malay
state government of Kelantan Malay via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
South Carolina's 2nd congressional district English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Centro Sur Province Spanish
Kogo Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Kogo French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Kogo Portuguese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Srikakulam Telugu via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Weiler am Berge German
Aberdeen South (UK Parliament constituency) English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Spanish Italy Spanish via predicate surface "administrativeLanguage"
Bera District Malay via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED