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
Horokhiv Raion Ukrainian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Coat of arms of Närpes Finnish via predicate surface "languageOfOfficialUse"
Coat of arms of Närpes Swedish via predicate surface "languageOfOfficialUse"
Garrovillas de Alconétar Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Villiers-le-Sec French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Sterrebeek Dutch
Tahoua Region French
Takinogawa Japanese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Koléa District Arabic via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Kalayaan, Laguna Filipino via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Kalayaan, Laguna English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Mexico City borough of Benito Juárez
surface form: Benito Juárez (Mexico City borough)
Spanish
alcaldía Benito Juárez
surface form: Alcaldía Benito Juárez
Spanish
Camaiore Italian
Barga Italian
Borgo a Mozzano Italian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Gallicano Italian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Fabbriche di Vergemoli Italian
Villa Basilica Italian
Sillano Giuncugnano Italian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Porcari Italian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Ayuntamiento de Valle Gran Rey Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Kollam district Malayalam
Kollam district English
Kollam Municipal Corporation Malayalam via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Village of Saukville English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Thiensville English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Gervais City Council English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Cuyuni-Mazaruni region
surface form: Cuyuni-Mazaruni
English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Borriana Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Borriana Valencian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Narsipatnam Telugu NERFINISHED
Al-Kharj Governorate Arabic
People's Committee of Quỳnh Mai Ward Vietnamese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Amedi District Kurdish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Amedi District Arabic via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Nizhny Novgorod Urban Okrug Russian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Ammerland German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Perlis state government Malay via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Vonderort German
Daly City City Hall English via predicate surface "languageOfOfficialBusiness"
Regency of Asahan Indonesian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Onda Spanish via predicate surface "languageOfficial"
Onda Valencian via predicate surface "languageOfficial" NERFINISHED
Morella Spanish
Morella Valencian NERFINISHED
Plana Alta Spanish
Plana Alta Valencian NERFINISHED
Plana Baixa Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Plana Baixa Valencian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED