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
Menominee County, Wisconsin English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
San Giorgio a Cremano Italian
Comune di Portici Italian
Province of Naples (historical) Italian via predicate surface "hadOfficialLanguage"
Spanish overseas territories Spanish
Puchuncaví Spanish
Woolsey Cemetery, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States English via predicate surface "languageOfLocalAdministration"
Gila River Indian Community Court English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Shri Kashi Vishwanath Temple Trust Hindi via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Naberezhnye Chelny Russian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Naberezhnye Chelny Tatar language via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
surface form: Tatar
Jintan District Standard Chinese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Liyang Standard Chinese
Taupō District English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Taupō District Māori via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Nevelsky District Russian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Jevnaker municipality Norwegian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Bengaluru Rural district Kannada
Hoboken Dutch
Guihulngan Filipino
Guihulngan English
Hinesburg, Vermont English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Aliabad Urdu language
surface form: Urdu
Chembur Marathi language
surface form: Marathi
Bordeaux Métropole French
Jalore Hindi via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Jalore Rajasthani via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Dinalupihan Tagalog via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
surface form: Filipino
Dinalupihan English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Mendrisio Italian
Eastern Provincial Council Sinhala via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Eastern Provincial Council Tamil via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Eastern Provincial Council English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Parc naturel régional de la Haute Vallée de Chevreuse French
World Aquatics English
World Aquatics French
World Aquatics Spanish
World Aquatics Arabic
World Aquatics Russian
World Aquatics Chinese
International Gymnastics Federation French
International Gymnastics Federation English
International Gymnastics Federation German
International Gymnastics Federation Russian
International Gymnastics Federation Spanish
International Gymnastics Federation Arabic
International Gymnastics Federation Chinese
International Handball Federation English
International Handball Federation French
International Handball Federation German