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
Allschwil German
Deerfield, Missouri English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Carpinteria English
Pomezia Italian
Schwarmstedt German
Dholpur State Hindi via predicate surface "languageOfficial"
Tonk State Urdu via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Tonk State Hindi via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Bodoland Territorial Region Bodo
Bodoland Territorial Region Assamese
Bodoland Territorial Region English
Kovel Ukrainian
Korba Hindi
Korba Chhattisgarhi
Beverly Shores, Indiana English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Novovolynsk Ukrainian
Kovel Raion Ukrainian
Dehong
surface form: Dehong Dai and Jingpo Autonomous Prefecture
Standard Chinese
Zhaotong Standard Chinese
Langley City English via predicate surface "languageOfficial"
As Sulayyil Arabic
Huangpu District, Guangzhou Standard Chinese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Somali Region of Ethiopia
surface form: Somali Region
Somali
Kapuskasing, Ontario, Canada
surface form: Kapuskasing
English
Kapuskasing, Ontario, Canada
surface form: Kapuskasing
French
Ehrwald German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Miltenberg German
United Nations Commission on International Trade Law Arabic
United Nations Commission on International Trade Law Chinese
United Nations Commission on International Trade Law English
United Nations Commission on International Trade Law French
United Nations Commission on International Trade Law Russian
United Nations Commission on International Trade Law Spanish
Property Division
surface form: Property Division (NYC Department of Finance)
English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
FC Metalist Kharkiv Ukrainian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
FC Metalist Kharkiv Russian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
NATO Rapid Deployable Corps Spain English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
NATO Rapid Deployable Corps Spain Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Eurocorps French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Eurocorps German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Eurocorps English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Hellenic Football League English
Hinganghat Marathi language
surface form: Marathi
Arvi Marathi language
surface form: Marathi
Samudrapur Marathi language via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
surface form: Marathi
Karanja (Ghadge) Marathi language via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
surface form: Marathi
Seloo Marathi language
surface form: Marathi
Arvi taluka Marathi language
surface form: Marathi
Deoli taluka Marathi language via predicate surface "languageOfficial"
surface form: Marathi
Deoli taluka Hindi via predicate surface "languageOfficial"