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
Arapiraca Portuguese
Delmiro Gouveia Portuguese
Komló Hungarian language via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
surface form: Hungarian
Australian territories English via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Heidekreis German
Nadia district Bengali
Krishnanagar Sadar subdivision Bengali
Krishnanagar Sadar subdivision English
Vallorbe French
Boulogne-Billancourt French
Campobasso Italian
Asansol Bengali
Karas Region English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Del Rey Oaks English
Hyrynsalmi Finnish
Russian Republic of Karelia
surface form: Republic of Karelia
Russian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Bodh Gaya Hindi via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Bodh Gaya Magahi via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Bodh Gaya English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Anantapur district (Madras Presidency) (parts) English via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
present-day Shahjahanpur
surface form: Shahjahanpur
Hindi
present-day Budaun Hindi
present-day Hamirpur (Uttar Pradesh)
surface form: Hamirpur, Uttar Pradesh
Hindi
present-day Sultanpur Hindi
present-day Pratapgarh (Uttar Pradesh)
surface form: Pratapgarh district, Uttar Pradesh
Hindi via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
present-day Chandauli
surface form: Chandauli district
Hindi via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
present-day Balrampur (Uttar Pradesh)
surface form: Balrampur, Uttar Pradesh
Hindi via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
present-day Rampur (Uttar Pradesh)
surface form: Rampur, Uttar Pradesh
Hindi
Afghanistan (regionally, via Baluchistan)
surface form: Afghanistan
Pashto language
surface form: Pashto
Afghanistan (regionally, via Baluchistan)
surface form: Afghanistan
Dari
Buk-gu
surface form: Buk-gu, Ulsan
Korean via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Saint-Jean-de-Luz French
Buk District, Busan Korean via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Wôlinak First Nation French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Prince Township English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
National Assembly of Venezuela Spanish
Flensburg, Germany
surface form: Flensburg
German via predicate surface "officialLanguagesStatus"
Saint Petersburg Governorate Russian
Kortrijk Dutch
Hägendorf German
Thane Marathi language
surface form: Marathi
Halle, Belgium Dutch
Latvian Latvia via predicate surface "officialLanguageOf"
Latvian European Union via predicate surface "officialLanguageOf"
Taoyuan Leopards Mandarin Chinese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguageEnvironment"
Supreme Court of Ohio English
Hormozgan Province Persian
Indian Council for Cultural Relations English
Indian Council for Cultural Relations Hindi
Comune di Trieste Italian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"