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
Oneida, Ontario English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Grassy Bay English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Grassy Bay French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Province of Isla de la Juventud Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Humppila Finnish
Al Jabal al Gharbi District Arabic via predicate surface "administrativeLanguage"
Uttarandhra Telugu NERFINISHED
المؤسسة العامة للخطوط الحديدية اللغة العربية
municipality of Tamiahua Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
municipality of Cazones de Herrera Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
municipality of Álamo-Temapache Spanish
school service centres French via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Treasury Board Secretariat (Quebec) French
Quebec City (typical seat of Quebec ministries, exact address not confirmed)
surface form: Quebec City
French
Kirfi Local Government Area English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Llavorsí Catalan via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Llavorsí Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Kaya area French via predicate surface "officialLanguageOfCountry"
Plateau-Central Region French
Ashmoun Arabic
Tala Arabic
Quesna Arabic
Berket El Sab Arabic
Sers El Lyan Arabic via predicate surface "officialLanguageCountry"
Gmina Zgorzelec (urban) Polish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Gundelfingen an der Donau German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Herford district German
Jokioinen Finnish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Capannori Italian NERFINISHED
Careggine Italian
Provincia de Arturo Prat Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Benicàssim Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Benicàssim Valencian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Martelange French
Maricá Portuguese language
surface form: Portuguese
Cangas de Onís Spanish
Ramachandrapuram Telugu NERFINISHED
Hanseatic trading posts Middle Low German via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration" NERFINISHED
Perezida wa Repubulika y’u Rwanda Ikinyarwanda via predicate surface "officialLanguageOfOffice"
Perezida wa Repubulika y’u Rwanda Icyongereza via predicate surface "officialLanguageOfOffice"
Perezida wa Repubulika y’u Rwanda Igifaransa via predicate surface "officialLanguageOfOffice"
Perezida wa Repubulika y’u Rwanda Kiswahili via predicate surface "officialLanguageOfOffice"
Impendle Local Municipality English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Impendle Local Municipality isiZulu via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Abbassia, Cairo Arabic
Mirandela Portuguese language
surface form: Portuguese
Alfândega da Fé Portuguese language
surface form: Portuguese
Mêda Portuguese language
surface form: Portuguese
Zamora Province Spanish
Karimganj district Assamese NERFINISHED