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
Ingenio English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Sharya Russian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Parc naturel régional de Millevaches en Limousin French
Glendale
surface form: Glendale, Pickering
English (de facto) via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Guarapuava Portuguese
Fiľakovo Slovak via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Ostashkov camp Russian via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Harry Styles: Live on Tour English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Board of Governors of the Asian Development Bank English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Kashin Uyezd Russian via predicate surface "administrativeLanguage"
Rzhevsky Uyezd Russian via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Kew English
Kakinada district Telugu
Kakinada Lok Sabha constituency Telugu via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Al-Hareeq Governorate Arabic via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Mykolaiv Oblast Ukrainian via predicate surface "languageOfficial"
Heiligenhaus German
North Central Province, Sri Lanka Sinhala
North Central Province, Sri Lanka Tamil
Congress of the Republic Spanish
National Jury of Elections of Peru Spanish
Office of the Comptroller General of the Republic of Peru Spanish
Chalhuanca, Apurímac, Peru
surface form: Chalhuanca
Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
National Registry of Identification and Civil Status of Peru (RENIEC)
surface form: National Registry of Identification and Civil Status of Peru
Spanish
Lince District Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Comas District Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Los Olivos District Spanish
Ate District Spanish
Santa Anita District Spanish
Magdalena del Mar District Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Ikorodu Local Government Council English via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Fourth Republic of Nigeria English
Executive Branch of Peru Spanish
Saudi Ministry of Municipal and Rural Affairs and Housing Arabic
Marum Dutch via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Niekerk Dutch via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Tolbert Dutch via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Akbarpur Hindi
Neem Ka Thana Hindi
Neem Ka Thana Rajasthani
Norala Tagalog via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
surface form: Filipino
Norala English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Tantangan English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Alabel Filipino via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Alabel English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Bielsa Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Broto Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Parc Natural de l’Alt Pirineu (Spain)
surface form: Parc Natural de l’Alt Pirineu
Catalan via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Parc Natural de l’Alt Pirineu (Spain)
surface form: Parc Natural de l’Alt Pirineu
Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Lamia Greek