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
Alt Maestrat Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Alt Maestrat Valencian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Alcalatén Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Alcalatén Valencian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Alt Millars Spanish
Alt Millars Valencian NERFINISHED
Plana de l'Arc Valencian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Plana de l'Arc Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Shantou Municipal Government Chinese via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Zila Panchayat Shahjahanpur Hindi via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Pakke Kessang district English
Kvasiny, Czech Republic Czech
Skeena-Queen Charlotte Regional District English
People's Committee of Phùng Xá Commune Vietnamese via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
present-day Georgia
surface form: Georgia
English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Caminomorisco Spanish
Nuñomoral Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Ladrillar Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Pinofranqueado Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Aceuchal Spanish
Villafranca de los Barros Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Corte de Peleas Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Entrín Bajo Spanish
Alange Spanish
Palomas Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Puebla de la Reina Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Villagonzalo Spanish
State of Perlis
surface form: Perlis
Malay NERFINISHED
People's Committee of Gò Vấp District Vietnamese via predicate surface "languageOfOfficialUse"
Municipality of Choachí Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Hattula Finnish
Loppi Finnish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
云梦县 汉语 via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
municipality of Puerto Real
surface form: Puerto Real
Spanish
City of Cornelius English via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Nakhon Pathom Province Thai via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Dhalai district Bengali NERFINISHED
Dhalai district Kokborok NERFINISHED
Dhalai district English
Samaná Municipality Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Tasiujaq French
Tasiujaq Inuktitut NERFINISHED
Vellore district administration Tamil via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Vellore Municipal Corporation Tamil NERFINISHED
Deutsche Bunsen-Gesellschaft für Physikalische Chemie German
Yangjiang Standard Chinese
Jiangmen High-tech Zone Chinese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
GD
surface form: Guangdong
Standard Chinese
Tannheim German NERFINISHED
Kisumu County English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"