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
Ra’iisul wasaaraha Jabuuti Somali via predicate surface "countryOfficialLanguageContext"
Poblats Marítims Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Poblats Marítims Valencian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Navsari district Gujarati via predicate surface "languageOfficial"
Navsari district Hindi via predicate surface "languageOfficial"
French-speaking Aosta Valley Italian
French-speaking Aosta Valley French
municipality of Vijfheerenlanden
surface form: Vijfheerenlanden
Dutch
Town hall of Vianen Dutch via predicate surface "hasLanguageOfAdministration"
Shamshabad Telugu
Mir Osman Ali Khan Urdu language via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
surface form: Urdu
Trizina Greek
Ministério da Defesa Nacional Portuguese
ZEE portuguesa Portuguese language via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
surface form: Portuguese
Wakema Burmese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Piura Region Spanish
Municipality of Chios Greek via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Niassa Province Portuguese
Chepigana District Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Pinogana District Spanish
São Luís Portuguese
’s-Gravenzande
surface form: 's-Gravenzande
Dutch via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Truro, Nova Scotia English
Danapur Hindi
Danapur subdivision Hindi
Patna district Hindi
Dinapur Hindi
Danapur Cantonment Hindi
Danapur Cantonment English
Andritsaina-Krestena municipality Greek
Higashiyamato Japanese
Orenburg Russian
Botucatu Portuguese
Tai Po Chinese
Tai Po English
Sanchong District Mandarin Chinese
Liberty County
surface form: Liberty County, Texas
English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Marbach am Neckar German
Sør-Aurdal municipality
surface form: Sør-Aurdal
Bokmål via predicate surface "officialLanguageForm"
Tongzhou District Standard Chinese
Wei County Standard Chinese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Province of Soria Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
São Brás de Alportel Portuguese
Komsomolsky District Russian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Majadahonda (Spain)
surface form: Majadahonda
Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Al-Balyana Arabic
Western Province English
Huangpi, Hubei, Qing Empire Classical Chinese via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Khust Ukrainian
Colonarie English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"