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
Ilocos Sur Filipino via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Ilocos Sur English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Gonda village, Chitrakoot district Hindi
Banda district Hindi via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Hamirpur district Hindi
Auraiya district Hindi
Pambujan Tagalog
surface form: Filipino
Pambujan English
Legnano Italian
Modinagar Hindi via predicate surface "languageOfficial"
Bantaeng Regency Indonesian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Prince-Bishop of Paderborn Latin via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Prince-Bishop of Paderborn German via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Ghazipur district Hindi
San Miguel Spanish
Chillanes Spanish via predicate surface "officialLanguageOfCountry"
Chimbo Spanish
Caluma Spanish
Las Naves Spanish via predicate surface "officialLanguageOfCountry"
Soroti English
Cherokee Nation Executive Branch English via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Cherokee Nation Executive Branch Cherokee language via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Nakano Japanese via predicate surface "languageOfficial"
Oryun-dong Korean
E.D. Mo. English
Rassid dynasty Arabic
Fanling Chinese
Fanling English
North District Chinese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
North District English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
North District (Hong Kong) Chinese
North District (Hong Kong) English
Kwai Tsing District (partly classified with New Territories)
surface form: Kwai Tsing District
Chinese
Kwai Tsing District (partly classified with New Territories)
surface form: Kwai Tsing District
English
municipality of Songo-La Maya
surface form: Songo-La Maya
Spanish
municipality of Segundo Frente
surface form: Segundo Frente
Spanish
Northern Savonia Finnish
Ponce, Puerto Rico Spanish
Ponce, Puerto Rico English
Tultitlán Spanish
PAU Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
PAU English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
PAU Portuguese language via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
surface form: Portuguese
PAU French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
PAU Dutch via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Minahasa Regency Indonesian language via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Kepulauan Sangihe Regency Indonesian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
San Martín de Porres District Spanish
Province of Reggio Emilia Italian
Osasco Portuguese