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
Alaufau Samoan via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Torrejón de Ardoz Spanish
Seubelsdorf German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Khashuri Georgian language
surface form: Georgian
Antalya Province Turkish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Midi-Pyrénées French
Werl German
Oyón Province Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Crimean de facto authorities Russian via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Congo Free State French
Congo Free State Dutch
Kals am Großglockner German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Zwickau German
Tirupati Municipal Corporation Telugu via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Government of Haryana Hindi
French India French
French India Tamil
French India Telugu
French India Malayalam
French India Bengali
Auroville community
surface form: Auroville
English
Second Constitutional Era Ottoman Turkish via predicate surface "languageOfGovernment"
NDMC
surface form: New Delhi Municipal Council
Hindi via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
NDMC
surface form: New Delhi Municipal Council
English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Municipal Corporation of Delhi Hindi via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Municipal Corporation of Delhi English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Providencia Spanish
Tirupati district Telugu
Shchyokino District Russian via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Shchyokino District Russian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Northland Region English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Northland Region Māori via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Al Ahmadi Arabic
Konya Province Turkish
Attorney General of Maine English
Kitikmeot Region Inuinnaqtun
Kitikmeot Region Inuktitut
Kitikmeot Region English
Oulainen Finnish via predicate surface "languageOfficial"
Parliament House Hindi via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Parliament House English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
U.S. Army Materiel Command English
San Marco Argentano Italian
Principality of Transylvania Latin
Principality of Transylvania Hungarian
Principality of Transylvania German
Ramanathapuram district Tamil
Government of Gujarat Gujarati
Government of Gujarat Hindi
DMRC
surface form: Delhi Metro Rail Corporation
Hindi via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"