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
Central Railway zone Hindi
Central Railway zone Marathi language
surface form: Marathi
Mahalaxmi Marathi
Pallatanga Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Sant Adrià de Besòs Catalan via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Sant Adrià de Besòs Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Gijón Spanish
Mexican Federation Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Austin Public Library English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
South Banat District Serbian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Xian'an District Standard Chinese
Gia Bình District Vietnamese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Metropolitan City of Messina Italian
Sévrier French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Doussard French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Comune di Predappio Italian
Melekeok village Palauan via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Melekeok village English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Honda Player of the Year English
Butantã, São Paulo Portuguese
Lorena Portuguese language
surface form: Portuguese
Pirassununga Portuguese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Cortina d'Ampezzo Italian
West Sussex County Council English
Llívia Catalan
Llívia Spanish
Bureau of Arms Control, Verification and Compliance English
Bureau of International Security and Nonproliferation English
Ribeauvillé French
Azuay Province Spanish
Pointe-Noire French
Wonnam-myeon Korean
Taitō, Tokyo, Japan Japanese
IDB
surface form: Inter-American Development Bank
Spanish
IDB
surface form: Inter-American Development Bank
English
IDB
surface form: Inter-American Development Bank
Portuguese
IDB
surface form: Inter-American Development Bank
French
San Felipe de Austin Spanish via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
San Felipe de Austin English via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Γέλα Ιταλικά
Les Plus Beaux Villages de France French
Kabul Municipality Dari via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Kabul Municipality Pashto via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Habsburg, Aargau German
Brugg German
Pougny French
Rozenburg Dutch via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Töölö Finnish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Töölö Swedish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Helsingør Danish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"