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
Sonitpur district Assamese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Sistan and Baluchestan Province Persian
Government of Balochistan Urdu language via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
surface form: Urdu
Government of Balochistan English via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Dhivehi language Maldives via predicate surface "officialLanguageOf"
Dhivehi language Maldives via predicate surface "nationalLanguageOf"
Maldivians Maldives via predicate surface "officialLanguageOf"
Flevoland Dutch
Tenkodogo, Burkina Faso
surface form: Tenkodogo
French
Special Region of Yogyakarta Indonesian
Uluberia Bengali
Uluberia English
Hugli-Chuchura Bengali
Hugli-Chuchura English
South Dum Dum Bengali
North 24 Parganas district Bengali
North 24 Parganas district English
Cachar district Assamese
Cachar district Bengali
Cachar district English
King of Lombardy–Venetia German
King of Lombardy–Venetia Italian
Kainuu Finnish
Region of Kainuu Finnish
West Dunbartonshire English
Funafuti Tuvalu
surface form: Tuvaluan
Funafuti English
Prenzlau German
Jalgaon Marathi language
surface form: Marathi
Los Lagos Spanish
Mörbylånga Municipality Swedish via predicate surface "languageOfficial"
Archdeaconry of Harlow English via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Confederation Bridge English
City of Edinburgh Council English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Samtgemeinde Ahlden German
Tiruttani Tamil
Islamic Centre for Development of Trade Arabic via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Islamic Centre for Development of Trade English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Islamic Centre for Development of Trade French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Bissau Portuguese language
surface form: Portuguese
National People's Assembly Portuguese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Schiedam Dutch
Sector 3 Romanian language via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
surface form: Romanian
International Federation of Muaythai Associations English
Ahuacatlán Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Zhiibaahaasing First Nation English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Rehoboth
surface form: Rehoboth, Massachusetts
English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Oakridge English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
League C English
League C French