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
Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal
surface form: Vila Nova de Gaia
Portuguese
Religious of the Sacred Heart of Mary various languages depending on region via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Kitakyushu Japanese
canton of Uri German
Olten German
Filadelfia Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Buldhana
surface form: Buldhana district
Marathi language via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
surface form: Marathi
Nazareth, Israel Hebrew
Nazareth, Israel Arabic
Telavi Georgian
Guaviare Department Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Election Commission of Pakistan English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Election Commission of Pakistan Urdu language via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
surface form: Urdu
Dong-gu
surface form: Dong-gu, Ulsan
Korean
Istanbul Province Turkish
Rishra Bengali
Rishra English
Estado Libre y Soberano de Hidalgo español
Departamento de Boyacá Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Municipality of San Nicolás de los Garza Spanish
Morro Jable Spanish via predicate surface "administrativeLanguage"
Facatativá Municipality Spanish
Envigado Spanish
Fuencaliente de La Palma Spanish
Kalyana Karnataka Kannada via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Hospet Kannada
Skidegate English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Pagalu Spanish
Prättigau/Davos Region German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Municipality of The Hague Dutch
Sasbach German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
CAF Women’s Champions League English
CAF Women’s Champions League French
CAF Women’s Champions League Arabic
CAF Women’s Champions League Portuguese
Cao Wei Classical Chinese
Tema English
Bank of Ghana English
federal territory of Pakistan
surface form: Federal territory of Pakistan
Urdu language via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
surface form: Urdu
Technical Chamber of Greece Greek
Jaisalmer Municipal Council Hindi via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Jaisalmer Municipal Council Rajasthani via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Government of Telangana Telugu
Telangana State Power Generation Corporation Limited Telugu via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Telangana State Power Generation Corporation Limited English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Municipality of Copiapó Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Bioko Sur Province Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Čáslav Czech language
surface form: Czech
Altamira Spanish
Barlovento Spanish