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
Podolsk Russian via predicate surface "languageOfficial"
Castelnaudary French
Bangka Belitung Islands Indonesian
Hasselt
surface form: Hasselt (Overijssel)
Dutch
Trust Territory of Ruanda-Urundi French
Trust Territory of Ruanda-Urundi Kinyarwanda
Trust Territory of Ruanda-Urundi Kirundi
Tskhinvali Georgian language via predicate surface "officialLanguageDeJure"
surface form: Georgian
Republic of Kalmykia Russian
Republic of Kalmykia Kalmyk
Uitgeest Dutch
Zaporizhzhia Oblast Ukrainian language via predicate surface "languageOfficial"
surface form: Ukrainian
Samajwadi Party Hindi via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Puerto Baquerizo Moreno Spanish
Chhindwara Hindi via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Umaria Hindi
Rijeka Croatian
Curitiba Portuguese language
surface form: Portuguese
Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi Hindi via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Clackmannanshire Council English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
National Olympic Committee of Liechtenstein German
San Cristóbal Norte neighborhood Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Fingal English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Fingal Irish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Navoi Uzbek
Porsgrunn Norwegian language
surface form: Norwegian
Baekje Korean
surface form: Old Korean
borough of Manhattan
surface form: Manhattan
English
Salem Center English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Rijswijk Dutch
Juvisy-sur-Orge French
Metropolitan City of Turin Italian
Soignies municipality French
French-speaking Community of Belgium French
Salo Finnish via predicate surface "languageOfficial"
Salo Finnish via predicate surface "administrativeLanguage"
Tsévié French
Town of Plains English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Patrimonio Nacional Spanish
Gandhinagar Gujarati
Gandhinagar Hindi
Alcobendas Spanish
São Vicente (Cape Verde) Portuguese
Cisalpine Republic Italian
Cisalpine Republic French
Outer Hebrides Scottish Gaelic
Outer Hebrides English
Wellington Region English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Wellington Region Māori via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"