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
Thượng Lâm Commune Vietnamese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Lauterach German
São Gonçalo Portuguese
Ramenskoye Russian
Dawu County Standard Chinese
Marly-le-Roi French
Bernau am Chiemsee German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Korsnäs Swedish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Bechuanaland Protectorate English
Bishopric of Elsdorf Latin via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Kingdom of Ava Burmese language
Judicial Branch of Panama Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Sichuan North Road Subdistrict Standard Chinese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
City of Belfort French
Rafha Arabic
Turaif Arabic
Amberlea English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Liverpool English
Eden Hindu Hostel (Calcutta University)
surface form: Eden Hindu Hostel
English via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Eden Hindu Hostel (Calcutta University)
surface form: Eden Hindu Hostel
Bengali via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Ziradei, present-day Bihar, India
surface form: Ziradei
Hindi via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Ziradei, present-day Bihar, India
surface form: Ziradei
Urdu language via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
surface form: Urdu
Aljustrel Portuguese
Vladimirsky Municipal Okrug Russian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Ligovka-Yamskaya Municipal Okrug Russian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
East Godavari district Telugu
Phek English
Kurdistan Regional Government Kurdish
Kurdistan Regional Government Arabic
Copa CONMEBOL Spanish
Copa CONMEBOL Portuguese
Khương Trung Ward Vietnamese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Orzysz Polish
Basmanny District Russian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
New York's 22nd congressional district English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Centre Region French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
National Assembly of Burkina Faso French via predicate surface "officialLanguageUsed"
National Assembly of Burkina Faso French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Tienen Dutch via predicate surface "isOfficialLanguage"
Lier Dutch
Sąd Najwyższy język polski via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Bakhchisaray Ukrainian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguageDeJure"
Deschutes County, Oregon, United States English
Ministry of Transport and Sustainable Mobility (Quebec) French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Ministry of Natural Resources and Forests (Quebec) French
Ministry of the French Language (Quebec) French via predicate surface "officialLanguageConcerned"
Monufia Governorate Arabic
Kolkata district Bengali
Karimganj Assamese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Karimganj Bengali via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"