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
Bayaguana Spanish
Villanueva de la Vera Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Chukha District Dzongkha NERFINISHED
Pathan dynasty Persian via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Tamulpur district Assamese NERFINISHED
Tamulpur district Bodo
Tamulpur district English
Seattle City Council District 1 English via predicate surface "languageOfOfficialBusiness"
Castellbisbal Catalan
Castellbisbal Spanish
Abrera Catalan via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Abrera Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Sant Esteve Sesrovires Catalan via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Sant Esteve Sesrovires Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Sant Andreu de la Barca Catalan
Sant Andreu de la Barca Spanish
Sant Andreu de la Barca Spanish via predicate surface "nationalLanguage"
São João de Meriti Portuguese language
surface form: Portuguese
National Port Authority of Liberia English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Nebraska Department of Correctional Services English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Nebraska Department of Labor English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Nebraska Department of Economic Development English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Toyoyama town government Japanese
Minster-on-Sea Parish Council English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Queenborough Town Council English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Audinghen French NERFINISHED
lords of Ainos
surface form: Lords of Ainos
Greek via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
lords of Ainos
surface form: Lords of Ainos
Italian via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Gattilusio possessions in the northeastern Aegean Greek via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Gattilusio possessions in the northeastern Aegean Latin via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Comune di Rimini Italian
Comune di Rimini Italian via predicate surface "administrativeLanguage"
Comune di Cagli Italian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Obernzell German
Thiru–Kochi Malayalam NERFINISHED
Thiru–Kochi Malayalam via predicate surface "administrativeLanguage"
Gutian period Sumerian via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Gutian period Akkadian via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration" NERFINISHED
Comuna 2 of Buenos Aires Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Kärkölä Finnish
Yi Autonomous Prefecture
surface form: Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture
Standard Chinese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Tammisaari Finnish
Tammisaari Swedish NERFINISHED
Malko Tarnovo Municipality Bulgarian via predicate surface "administrativeLanguage"
Jiuzhaigou County Standard Chinese
Martorell Catalan
Martorell Spanish
Akademichesky District Russian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Lichtensteig German
Loimaa sub-region Finnish via predicate surface "languageOfficial"