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
Xinyang Standard Chinese
Rheine German
Houat French
Grootegast, Netherlands
surface form: Grootegast
Dutch via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Amsterdam city districts Dutch via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
The Valley English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
San Juan de la Maguana Spanish
Maguindanao Tagalog
surface form: Filipino
Maguindanao English
Conwy English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Conwy Welsh via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Broye–Léman region French
Jabat Island Marshallese
Jabat Island English
Tixtla Spanish
First Spanish Republic Spanish
Ipoh City Council Malay via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Udaipur district Hindi
Udaipur Municipal Corporation Hindi via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Udaipur Municipal Corporation Rajasthani (locally used) via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Sheikh Zuweid Arabic
Government of Czechoslovakia Czech
Government of Czechoslovakia Slovak
Wartheland (during World War II)
surface form: Wartheland
German
Gmina Dąbie authorities Polish via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Palazzo di Propaganda Fide Latin via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Palazzo di Propaganda Fide Italian via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Viceroy of the Kingdom of Italy Italian via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Viceroy of the Kingdom of Italy French via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Ürgüp Turkish language
surface form: Turkish
Ottoman period Ottoman Turkish
Black Sea Trade and Development Bank English
Black Sea Trade and Development Bank Russian
Kyustendil Province Bulgarian
Sandanski Bulgarian language
surface form: Bulgarian
Itapira Portuguese
Ourinhos Portuguese
Pedreira Portuguese
People's Assembly Arabic via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Suining County Standard Chinese
Judenrat of Łódź Ghetto Polish via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Judenrat of Łódź Ghetto Yiddish via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Judenrat of Łódź Ghetto German via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Gaya Hindi
Munger Hindi via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Siwan Hindi
Siwan Urdu language
surface form: Urdu
Bettiah Hindi
Aurangabad, Bihar Hindi
Aurangabad, Bihar Urdu language
surface form: Urdu