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
Nevsky Prospekt–Gostiny Dvor metro hub Russian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguageContext"
Luts’k Ukrainian
La Côte-Saint-André French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Setúbal Portuguese language
surface form: Portuguese
Victoria English
Victoria French
Victoria Seychellois Creole
Victoria
surface form: Victoria, Caldas
Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Cuneo Italian
Gaeltacht of Waterford Irish
Yenimahalle Turkish language via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
surface form: Turkish
Bayreuth district German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Xialu District Standard Chinese
Aveiro Portuguese language
surface form: Portuguese
Calixto García Íñiguez Municipality (named in his honor)
surface form: Calixto García Íñiguez Municipality
Spanish
Italia (Roman province) Latin
Maaseik Dutch
Triplicane Tamil via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Chepauk Tamil
Bukidnon Filipino
Bukidnon English
Richards, Missouri English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
1996 Ugandan presidential election English via predicate surface "languageOfOfficialMaterials"
Homberg/Ruhrort/Baerl German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Tamil Nadu Tourism, Culture and Religious Endowments Department Tamil via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Tamil Nadu Tourism, Culture and Religious Endowments Department English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Tamil Nadu Adi Dravidar and Tribal Welfare Department Tamil via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Columbia Heights, Minnesota, United States
surface form: Columbia Heights, Minnesota
English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
arrondissement of Dijon French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Kanadukathan, Sivaganga district, Tamil Nadu, India
surface form: Kanadukathan
Tamil
Sivaganga, Tamil Nadu Tamil via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Söderhamn Municipality Swedish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Los Altos, California, United States English
Slaný Czech
Semmerzake Dutch
Konstanz German
Chimalhuacán Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Yeletsky Uyezd Russian via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Shibpur Bengali
Shibpur English
Fürstenwalde/Spree German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Hailakandi district Assamese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Hailakandi district Bengali via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Village of Somers English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Aguas Buenas Spanish
Aguas Buenas English
Bruneian Malay
Arizona State Prison English via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Chad (region proximity via Fezzan)
surface form: Chad
French
Chad (region proximity via Fezzan)
surface form: Chad
Arabic