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
Dimapur English
Dimapur Nagamese
Dimapur Hindi
Annetta South, Texas English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Count Palatine of Sulzbach German via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Piñas Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Piñas English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Wisconsin Department of Transportation English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Nanded-Waghala City Municipal Corporation Marathi via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Putumayo Spanish
Thalheim (Erzgebirge) German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Archivo General de la Nación Spanish
Islamic State of Afghanistan Pashto language
surface form: Pashto
Islamic State of Afghanistan Dari
Ridgeway, Iowa English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Castalia, Iowa English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Jogeshwari Marathi language
surface form: Marathi
Khar Marathi language
surface form: Marathi
Govandi Marathi language
surface form: Marathi
Government of Madhya Pradesh Hindi
Alwar district Hindi
Alwar district Rajasthani
Mexican Social Security Institute Spanish
Saint-Saphorin French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
South African Rugby Union English
South African Rugby Union Afrikaans
Samut Prakan Province Thai
Town of Madrid, Alabama English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Bharuch Gujarati
Bharuch Hindi
Kota Municipal Corporation Hindi via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Shubra Arabic
El Basatin Arabic
El Matareya Arabic
El Nozha Arabic
15th of May City Arabic
El Waily Arabic
Kohat Municipal Corporation Urdu language via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
surface form: Urdu
Kohat Municipal Corporation English via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Dasu Urdu language via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
surface form: Urdu
Havelian Urdu language
surface form: Urdu
Brison-Saint-Innocent French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Majuro Atoll Marshallese language
surface form: Marshallese
Majuro Atoll English
Hořice Czech
El Oro Province Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Yoshkar-Ola Russian via predicate surface "officialLanguageOfRegion"
Yoshkar-Ola Mari via predicate surface "officialLanguageOfRegion"
Jincheon County Korean via predicate surface "administrativeLanguage"
Dibang Valley district English