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
Kullu Municipal Council Hindi via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Kullu Municipal Council English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Mouzaki Greek
Shere Parish Council English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Tiruvallur district Tamil via predicate surface "languageOfficial"
Civita Castellana Italian
Obi English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Kokona English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Toto English via predicate surface "usesOfficialLanguage"
Nasarawa Eggon English via predicate surface "usesOfficialLanguage"
Menen Dutch
Indre By Danish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Collonges French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Fiamignano Italian
Baqubah Arabic
Ulchsky District Russian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Seinäjoki Finnish via predicate surface "languageOfficial"
Ribeirão Pires Portuguese
Melgar Province Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Companhia Real dos Caminhos de Ferro Portugueses Portuguese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Moli English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
FC Juárez Spanish
Tuen Mun District Chinese via predicate surface "languageOfficial"
Tuen Mun District English via predicate surface "languageOfficial"
Schwelm German
Poggio Moiano Italian language via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
surface form: Italian
Collonge French
Madhesh Province Nepali
Madhesh Province Maithili
Madhesh Province Bhojpuri
Madhesh Province Tharu people
surface form: Tharu
Bresso Italian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Union of Arab Football Associations Arabic
Bororo people Portuguese via predicate surface "countryOfficialLanguage"
Yusuf as-Siddiq Arabic
St. Regis Mohawk Reservation English
Lashkar Hindi via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
municipality of Tinos Greek
Ministry of Finance buildings in Paris (rue de Rivoli complex) French via predicate surface "languageOfOfficialUse"
new city of Firozabad near Delhi Persian via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Medenine Arabic
Solan district Hindi
Solan district Western Pahari language
surface form: Pahari (Himachali dialects)
Municipal Council Solan Hindi via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Sunam Punjabi
HM Prison Pentonville English via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Embassy of the United States in Wellington English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Arad, Israel Hebrew
Tomar Portuguese language
surface form: Portuguese
Gocheon-dong Korean via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"