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
Rangat Tehsil Maithili via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Rangat Tehsil Sindhi via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Rangat Tehsil Assamese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Rangat Tehsil Gujarati via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Rangat Tehsil Kannada via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Rangat Tehsil Kashmiri via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Rangat Tehsil Marathi language via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
surface form: Marathi
Rangat Tehsil Sanskrit via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Rangat Tehsil Santhali via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
surface form: Santali
Regional council of Södermanland Swedish via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Western Province of Solomon Islands
surface form: Western Province (Solomon Islands)
English
Egyptian Authority for Maritime Safety Arabic via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Ruokolahti Finnish language via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
surface form: Finnish
Flemish Government Dutch
Neemuch Hindi
University of Hradec Králové Czech via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Trawniki concentration camp German via predicate surface "hasLanguageOfAdministration"
Osorno Province Spanish
Stignano Italian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Gerswalde Ortsteil Potzlow German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Gerswalde Ortsteil Rittgarten German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Thurso, Quebec, Canada
surface form: Thurso, Quebec
French
Flemish Limburg Dutch
Nara City Hall Japanese via predicate surface "languageOfOfficialBusiness"
Pasco, Peru Spanish
Government of British India English
Cobija Spanish
Beni Department Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Porvenir Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Madrid constituency in the Congress of Deputies Spanish via predicate surface "languageOfOfficialMaterials"
Bryntirion Estate English via predicate surface "hasLanguageOfAdministration" GENERATED
Bryntirion Estate Afrikaans via predicate surface "hasLanguageOfAdministration" GENERATED
South African Human Rights Commission English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
South African Human Rights Commission Afrikaans via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" GENERATED
South African Human Rights Commission isiZulu via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" GENERATED
South African Human Rights Commission isiXhosa via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" GENERATED
South African Human Rights Commission Sesotho via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" GENERATED
South African Human Rights Commission Setswana via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" GENERATED
South African Human Rights Commission Xitsonga via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" GENERATED
South African Human Rights Commission Tshivenda via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" GENERATED
South African Human Rights Commission isiNdebele via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" GENERATED
South African Human Rights Commission SiSwati via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" GENERATED
South African Human Rights Commission Sepedi via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" GENERATED
Agra division Hindi via predicate surface "languageOfficial"
Les Saintes French
Nordre Ål Norwegian language via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
surface form: Norwegian
Whitby English
Chillán Viejo Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Auckland Region English
Auckland Region Māori