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
Kodambakkam Tamil
Ngọc Lâm Ward Vietnamese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Gia Thụy Vietnamese
Cự Khối Vietnamese
Đức Giang Vietnamese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Phúc Đồng Vietnamese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Sài Đồng Vietnamese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Thượng Thanh Vietnamese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
People's Committee of Long Biên District Vietnamese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Bardaï Arabic via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Bardaï French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Chancellery of the President of Poland Polish
Campeonato Brasileiro Série A Portuguese
Netphen German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Seremban District Malay via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Münchenbuchsee German
Muralto Italian
Bishopric of Swisttal Latin via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Gubbio Italian
Richterswil German
Aire-la-Ville French
Uttarkashi district Hindi
Kharsali village Hindi
West Delhi Hindi
New Delhi district Hindi
Spanish courts Spanish
SAB
surface form: School of American Ballet
English
International Association of Ports and Harbors English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Selzach German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
San Cristóbal Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Valais, Switzerland
surface form: Valais
French
Valais, Switzerland
surface form: Valais
German
Bikaner district Hindi
Bikaner district Rajasthani
Ablon-sur-Seine French
Hulhumalé Dhivehi
Place du 8-Mai-1945 French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Lalakay Tagalog via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
surface form: Filipino
Lalakay English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Malinta
surface form: Malinta, Los Baños
Filipino
Malinta
surface form: Malinta, Los Baños
English
Cottbus German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Civitanova Marche Italian
Governor-General of Italian Libya Italian via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Rajka, Kingdom of Hungary, Austria-Hungary Hungarian via predicate surface "languageOfLocalAdministration"
Government of Volgograd Oblast Russian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Central Region, Uganda English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Judiciary of Uganda English
Ministry of Defence and Veteran Affairs (Uganda) English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Uganda Revenue Authority English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"