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
Habikino city government Japanese
Neusiedl am See German
Mattersburg German
Jennersdorf German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Lærdalsøyri Nynorsk via predicate surface "officialLanguageForm"
Iranian dynasties Old Persian via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Iranian dynasties Middle Persian language via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
surface form: Middle Persian
Iranian dynasties Western Persian via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
surface form: New Persian
Alexandria Ultima Greek via predicate surface "hasLanguageOfAdministration"
Abucay Filipino
Abucay English
Schaerbeek French
Schaerbeek Dutch
EMBO Short-Term Fellowships English via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
present-day Toronto, Ontario, Canada
surface form: Toronto
English
General Mariano Alvarez Tagalog
surface form: Filipino
General Mariano Alvarez English
Indang Tagalog
surface form: Filipino
Indang English
Magallanes
surface form: Magallanes, Cavite
Filipino
Magallanes
surface form: Magallanes, Cavite
English
Noveleta Tagalog via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
surface form: Filipino
Noveleta English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Province of Badajoz Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Lachlan Shire English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Tercis-les-Bains, France
surface form: Tercis-les-Bains
French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Kingdom of Hyderabad Persian
Kingdom of Hyderabad Urdu language
surface form: Urdu
Kingdom of Hyderabad Telugu
Kingdom of Hyderabad Marathi language
surface form: Marathi
Rana Municipality Bokmål via predicate surface "languageOfficial"
surface form: Norwegian Bokmål
Kautokeino Municipality Norwegian language via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
surface form: Norwegian
Kautokeino Municipality Northern Sami language via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
surface form: Northern Sámi
Alta Municipality Norwegian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Combloux French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Chengan County Standard Chinese
Tumakuru district Kannada via predicate surface "languageOfficial"
Turuvekere Kannada
Maddur Kannada via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Bundi Hindi
Pangim Konkani
Pangim Marathi language
surface form: Marathi
Pangim English
Hanko Finnish via predicate surface "languageOfficial"
Hanko Swedish via predicate surface "languageOfficial"
northeastern Ontario
surface form: Northeastern Ontario
English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Talisay City Filipino
Talisay City English
Emirate of Sharjah Arabic
Luxembourg City Hall Luxembourgish