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
Shanghai Free-Trade Zone Chinese
Algoz e Tunes Portuguese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Municipality of Ensenada Spanish
Kars Turkish
Bahia Portuguese language
surface form: Portuguese
Gorgan Persian language via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
surface form: Persian
Calamba, Laguna Filipino
Calamba, Laguna English
Völklingen German
An Phú Commune Vietnamese
Lonsee German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Marignane, France
surface form: Marignane
French
Itajubá, Brazil
surface form: Itajubá
Portuguese
Viseu Portuguese
Almodôvar Portuguese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Barrancos Portuguese
Ourique Portuguese
City of Pickering English via predicate surface "languageOfficial"
Kovno, Russian Empire Russian via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Wyre Borough Council English via predicate surface "languageOfOfficialBusiness"
Huangshi Municipal People's Government Standard Chinese via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Daye City Standard Chinese
Shanghai State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission Chinese
ZUNR Ukrainian language
surface form: Ukrainian
CV
surface form: Chula Vista
English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
City of Richmond Hill English
Town of Newmarket English
Novosilsky Uyezd Russian via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Stuttgart-West German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Konan, Shiga Japanese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Solapur district Marathi language
surface form: Marathi
Kaafu Atoll Dhivehi
Sennar State Arabic via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Nea Figaleia Greek via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Laurentian Hills, Ontario English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Oregon State Penitentiary English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguageOfAdministration"
Sovereign of the Congo Free State French via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Sovereign of the Congo Free State Dutch via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Kingdom of Hawaii Hawaiian
Kingdom of Hawaii English
Los Baños Filipino
Los Baños English
Kilinochchi District Tamil
Kilinochchi District Sinhala
Mannar District (Tamil-speaking areas) Tamil via predicate surface "administrativeLanguage"
Mannar District (Tamil-speaking areas) Sinhala via predicate surface "administrativeLanguage"
Vavuniya District (Tamil-speaking areas) Tamil via predicate surface "hasOfficialUseLanguage"
Southern Governorates of the Russian Empire Russian via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Nam District, Busan Korean via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Moura Portuguese