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
Tuktoyaktuk English
Ulukhaktok English
Municipality of Kalymnos Greek
Bruck
surface form: Bruck (Erlangen)
German
Barmer Hindi via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Chora
surface form: Chora (Amorgos)
Greek
Louveciennes French
Kerava Finnish
Kerava Swedish
Union for Europe of the Nations English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Union for Europe of the Nations French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Union for Europe of the Nations German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Ghaziabad Assembly constituency Hindi
Cowra Shire English
Jessie Gap English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Northern Rhodesia English
Scheggino Italian
EBID English
EBID French
EBID Portuguese
Gmina Śrem Polish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Oros Marathi language
surface form: Marathi
Kudal Marathi language
surface form: Marathi
Kankavli Marathi language
surface form: Marathi
Kankavli taluka Marathi language
surface form: Marathi
Devgad taluka Marathi language
surface form: Marathi
Sawantwadi taluka Marathi language via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
surface form: Marathi
Dodamarg taluka Marathi language
surface form: Marathi
Novigrad Croatian via predicate surface "officialLanguageOfCountry"
Austrian Patent Office German
Swedish Intellectual Property Office Swedish
Spanish Patent and Trademark Office Spanish
UN Development Coordination Office Arabic
UN Development Coordination Office Chinese
UN Development Coordination Office English
UN Development Coordination Office French
UN Development Coordination Office Russian
UN Development Coordination Office Spanish
Ladenburg German
Vasileostrovsky District Russian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Kishanganj Hindi via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Kishanganj Urdu language via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
surface form: Urdu
Puno Province Spanish
Rosdorf German
Lisbon, Illinois English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Płock Voivodeship Polish language via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
San Juan de Miraflores District Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Aguadilla, Puerto Rico Spanish
Aguadilla, Puerto Rico English
Erie
surface form: Erie, Illinois
English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"