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
Istana Bukit Kayangan, Shah Alam
surface form: Istana Bukit Kayangan
Malay via predicate surface "languageOfOfficialUse"
Punta Umbría Spanish
Valverde del Camino Spanish
Cartaya Spanish
Almonte Spanish
City of Tavira Portuguese language
surface form: Portuguese
Santo Estêvão (Tavira) Portuguese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Coursegoules French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Bézaudun-les-Alpes French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Le Broc French
Gilette French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Conségudes French
Communes of Yvelines French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Secretaría de Movilidad de la Ciudad de México español
Nezahualcóyotl municipality Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Honkajoki Finnish
Manbij District Arabic via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
alcaldía Iztacalco
surface form: Alcaldía Iztacalco
Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Camporgiano Italian
Borbalán Spanish
Council of States
surface form: Council of States (Sudan)
Arabic via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Council of States
surface form: Council of States (Sudan)
English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Phường Khương Đình Vietnamese
Mamou Region French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Sipahijala district Bengali via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Sipahijala district Kokborok via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Sipahijala district English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Tacna Province Spanish
Mesolcina Italian via predicate surface "administrativeLanguage"
South Baden German
Urasoe City Hall Japanese via predicate surface "languageOfOfficialBusiness"
Town of The Blue Mountains English
Comune di Castiglione del Lago Italian
Píngxiāng Standard Chinese
Independent Spirit Award for Best Editing English
Neufchâteau French
Virton French
Etalle French
Bertrix French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Paliseul French
Tellin French
Wellin French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Manhay French
Attert French
Sainte-Ode French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Tenneville French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Erezée French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Rendeux French
Arrondissement of Marche-en-Famenne French
Flamierge French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"