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
Thanh Nhan Ward Vietnamese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Moreh Meitei (Manipuri) NERFINISHED
Moreh English
Tamu Burmese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Zokhawthar Mizo NERFINISHED
Tukums Latvian
Bassingbourn-cum-Kneesworth Parish Council English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Langkawi District Malay via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Balthane English
Segamat District Malay
100 Mile House English
Kishangarh Hindi
Tolochenaz French
Louisiana (implied region for Cajun background)
surface form: Louisiana
English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguageStatus" NERFINISHED
Villeneuve-la-Garenne, Hauts-de-Seine
surface form: Villeneuve-la-Garenne
French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Oberschleißheim German
Miguel Alves, Piauí, Brazil
surface form: Miguel Alves
Portuguese language
surface form: Portuguese
Loyada Arabic via predicate surface "officialLanguageOfCountry" NERFINISHED
Loyada French via predicate surface "officialLanguageOfCountry"
Holhol Arabic
Holhol French
Holhol Somali via predicate surface "nationalLanguage" NERFINISHED
Holhol Afar via predicate surface "nationalLanguage" NERFINISHED
Unterdorf German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
安陆市 普通话
Westmeath Township English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Westmeath Township French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Republic of Cyprus (civil jurisdiction) Greek
Republic of Cyprus (civil jurisdiction) Turkish
Isenburg-Limburg German via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Fujian Provincial Department of Human Resources and Social Security Chinese via predicate surface "languageOfOfficialUse"
Fujian Provincial Department of Natural Resources Chinese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Fujian Provincial Department of Transport Chinese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Fujian Provincial Department of Culture and Tourism Chinese via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Alor Setar City Council Malay via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Bolnisi Municipality Georgian
Dmanisi Municipality Georgian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Tetritsqaro Municipality Georgian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Tsalka Municipality Georgian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Minobrnauki Rossii Russian
Orhei Romanian
Novodnistrovsk Ukrainian via predicate surface "languageOfficial"
Lieto Finnish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Lieto Swedish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Kemiö Finnish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Kemiö Swedish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Commonwealth period English
Commonwealth period Spanish
Commonwealth period Filipino NERFINISHED
Khliehriat English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"