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
Chauri Chaura, Gorakhpur district, Uttar Pradesh Hindi
Marín Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Marín Galician via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Ibrahim Pasha Baban Kurdish via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Ibrahim Pasha Baban Ottoman Turkish via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Municipality of Lota Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Banovina of Croatia Serbo-Croatian
Akkar Governorate Arabic
Cambridgeshire constituencies English via predicate surface "languageOfOfficialMaterials"
Central Bank of West African States French
Roccagorga Italian language via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
surface form: Italian
Bengo Province Portuguese
Karakorum Uyghur Arabic alphabet via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
surface form: Uyghur script
Karakorum Classical Mongolian via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Villupuram Tamil via predicate surface "languageOfficial"
Benadir region Somali
Benadir region Arabic
Siirt Province Turkish
Governorate of New Andalusia Spanish via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Kitwe English
Saint-Léonard, New Brunswick French
Saint-Léonard, New Brunswick English
Gharbia Governorate Arabic
Trentino Italian
Neihu District Mandarin Chinese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Sultanpur Hindi
provincial government of Veraguas Spanish via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Indaiatuba Portuguese
Péron French
Caraș-Severin County Romanian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Miniyeh-Danniyeh District Arabic via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Borno State House of Assembly English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
São Sebastião Portuguese language via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
surface form: Portuguese
Fajã de Cima Portuguese language
surface form: Portuguese
Coatzacoalcos, Veracruz, Mexico Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" GENERATED
Trevignano Romano Italian
Malanje Province Portuguese
Sundbyøster Danish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Gradoli Italian
Scionzier French
Domancy French
Marnaz French
Mont-Saxonnex French
Ayse French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Vougy French
Amancy French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Etaux French
Cornier French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Saint-Pierre-en-Faucigny French
La Tour French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"