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
Vasco da Gama, Goa Konkani
Vasco da Gama, Goa English
Vasco da Gama, Goa Hindi
South Goa district Konkani
Orden Otechestvennoy Voyny Russian
Hay’at Qanāt as-Suways Arabic
Sheohar district Hindi
Sheohar district Urdu language
surface form: Urdu
East Champaran district Hindi
Bairgania Hindi
Bairgania Urdu language
surface form: Urdu
Parihar Hindi
Belsand Hindi
Belsand Urdu language
surface form: Urdu
Bathnaha Hindi
Bathnaha Urdu language
surface form: Urdu
Lahr German
Hulst Dutch
Bishopric of Wermelskirchen Middle Dutch via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Bishopric of Wermelskirchen Middle Dutch via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Ogooué-Ivindo Province French
Zanjan Province Persian language
surface form: Persian
Ville-d'Avray French
Municipality of Odemira Portuguese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
ICAO Secretariat English
ICAO Secretariat French
ICAO Secretariat Spanish
ICAO Secretariat Russian
ICAO Secretariat Arabic
ICAO Secretariat Chinese
Wuqiu Township Mandarin Chinese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Tuxtla Gutiérrez Spanish
Kōnan Ward, Yokohama Japanese
Gradignan French
Balanga Filipino via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Balanga English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Château-Salins French
Benipur Hindi via predicate surface "officialLanguageOfRegion"
Sept-Îles French
Government of Solomon Islands English
Parliamentary Assembly of Turkic States Turkish
Parliamentary Assembly of Turkic States Azerbaijani language
surface form: Azerbaijani
Parliamentary Assembly of Turkic States Kazakh
Parliamentary Assembly of Turkic States Kyrgyz
Parliamentary Assembly of Turkic States other Turkic languages
Mataró Catalan
Mataró Spanish
Garraf Catalan
Garraf Spanish
Latvian SSR Russian