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
YNU Japanese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Hogenakkal Tamil
Financial Street Subdistrict Standard Chinese via predicate surface "officialLanguageOfCountry"
Sugar Creek English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Catterall English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Province of Cuenca Spanish
Cortes of Castile-La Mancha Spanish
Government of Castile-La Mancha Spanish
Valtournenche Italian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Valtournenche French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Centro Region of Portugal Portuguese
Xinbei District Standard Chinese
Araraquara Portuguese language
surface form: Portuguese
South Waikato District English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
South Waikato District Māori via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Kleinmachnow German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Berhampore Bengali
Mongol Empire administration (historically)
surface form: Mongol Empire administration
Uighur script Mongolian via predicate surface "administrativeLanguage"
Mongol Empire administration (historically)
surface form: Mongol Empire administration
Persian via predicate surface "administrativeLanguage"
Mongol Empire administration (historically)
surface form: Mongol Empire administration
Chinese via predicate surface "administrativeLanguage"
Mongol Empire administration (historically)
surface form: Mongol Empire administration
Turkic languages via predicate surface "administrativeLanguage"
Mongol Empire administration (historically)
surface form: Mongol Empire administration
Arabic (in Islamic regions) via predicate surface "administrativeLanguage"
Barsinghausen German
České Velenice Czech
Differdange Luxembourgish
Differdange French
Differdange German
Вышний Волочёк русский язык
2004 IIHF Women's World Championship English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
2004 IIHF Women's World Championship French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Dost Ali Khan Persian via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Raj Niwas, Delhi Hindi via predicate surface "languageOfOfficialUse"
Raj Niwas, Delhi English via predicate surface "languageOfOfficialUse"
Department of Agriculture, Andaman and Nicobar Administration English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Department of Agriculture, Andaman and Nicobar Administration Hindi via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Central Bureau of Investigation Hindi
Central Bureau of Investigation English
Spanish colonial period in Jamaica Spanish
Stony Hill English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Torres-Martinez Indian Reservation English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Nepali people Nepali via predicate surface "nationalLanguage"
surface form: Nepali language
Bhutanese people Dzongkha
Baháʼí World Centre English via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Municipal Council of Easter Island Spanish via predicate surface "languageOfOfficialBusiness"
Torredelcampo Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Palakkad district Malayalam
Palakkad district English
Dharmapuri district Tamil via predicate surface "languageOfficial"
Ribeirinha Portuguese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Capelo Portuguese