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
Garrelsweer Dutch via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Biessum Dutch via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Leermens Dutch
Midwolda Dutch via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Finsterwolde Dutch via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Heiligerlee Dutch via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Reiderland Dutch via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
municipality of Pekela Dutch via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
municipality of Midden-Groningen
surface form: Midden-Groningen
Dutch via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Canton, China Standard Chinese
Benipatti Hindi
Phulparas Hindi
Phulparas Maithili
Babubarhi Hindi
Babubarhi Maithili
Laukahi Hindi via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Khajauli Hindi via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Harlakhi Hindi
Pandaul Hindi via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Pandaul Maithili via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Andhratharhi Hindi
Kaluahi Hindi
Ladania Hindi via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Ladania Maithili via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Jainagar Hindi via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Trimbak Marathi language via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
surface form: Marathi
Mancherial district Telugu
Porirua English
Porirua Māori
Coat of arms of Chêne-Bougeries French via predicate surface "languageOfOfficialUse"
Grange-Canal French
Gradelle French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
De Haller French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Roux French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Belvédère French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Villette French
La Mairie French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
La Capite French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
La Chênaie French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Carouge (Sardinia) Italian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Lautém Municipality Portuguese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Lautém Municipality Tetum via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Älmhult Municipality Swedish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Asociación Paraguaya de Fútbol Spanish
Suga Cabinet Japanese via predicate surface "languageOfGovernment"
Jerez de la Frontera Spanish
Estuaire Province French
Bank of Central African States French
Economic and Monetary Community of Central Africa French
Government of National Unity
surface form: Government of National Unity (Libya)
Arabic via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"