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
Uttara Mizo people via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
surface form: Mizo
Uttara Khasi language via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
surface form: Khasi
Uttara Garo people via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
surface form: Garo
Uttara Sanskrit via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Uttara Santhali via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Uttara Maithili via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Uttara Konkani via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Uttara Dogri via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Uttara Bodo via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Uttara Manipuri via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Uttara Kashmiri via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Uttara Sindhi via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Uttara Assamese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Uttara Gujarati via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Uttara Marathi language via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
surface form: Marathi
Uttara Kannada via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Uttara Nepali via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Uttara Bhojpuri via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Uttara Rajasthani via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Uttara Chhattisgarhi via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Uttara Magahi via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Uttara Haryanvi via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Panchawati Hindi via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Panchawati English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Panchawati Bengali via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Panchawati Tamil via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Panchawati Telugu via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Panchawati Nicobarese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Panchawati Other regional languages of Andaman and Nicobar Islands via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Rangat Tehsil Hindi via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Rangat Tehsil English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Rangat Tehsil Bengali via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Rangat Tehsil Tamil via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Rangat Tehsil Telugu via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Rangat Tehsil Nicobarese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Rangat Tehsil Urdu language via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
surface form: Urdu
Rangat Tehsil Malayalam via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Rangat Tehsil Punjabi language via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
surface form: Punjabi
Rangat Tehsil Odia via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Rangat Tehsil Mizo via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Rangat Tehsil Khasi language via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
surface form: Khasi
Rangat Tehsil Garo people via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
surface form: Garo
Rangat Tehsil Santhali via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Rangat Tehsil Bhutia via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Rangat Tehsil Nepali via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Rangat Tehsil Kokborok via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Rangat Tehsil Manipuri via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Rangat Tehsil Bodo via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Rangat Tehsil Dogri via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Rangat Tehsil Konkani via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"