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
Thasra Gujarati
Thasra Hindi
Balasinor Gujarati via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Balasinor Hindi via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Kheda Lok Sabha constituency Gujarati via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Kheda Lok Sabha constituency English via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
municipal offices of Gdynia Polish via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Kuururjuaq National Park French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Kuururjuaq National Park English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Thiruvithamkoor Malayalam
Vendas Novas Portuguese language
surface form: Portuguese
Alandroal Portuguese
Sousel Portuguese language
surface form: Portuguese
Montemor-o-Novo Municipality Portuguese
Redondo Municipality Portuguese
Borba Municipality Portuguese
Mourão Municipality Portuguese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Fatimid Cairo Arabic via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Alamut period Persian via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Region of Uusimaa Finnish via predicate surface "languageOfficial"
Region of Uusimaa Swedish via predicate surface "languageOfficial"
Berhampur Odia
Umatilla Indian Reservation English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Maseru District Sesotho
Maseru District English
British Protectorate of Basutoland English
Kingdom of the Netherlands (1839–1866) Duchy of Limburg in German Confederation Dutch
Langnau am Albis German
Àirigh nan Gobhar English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
North Northamptonshire English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Pirkkala Finnish language via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
surface form: Finnish
Marinha Grande Portuguese
Polytechnic Institute of Guarda Portuguese via predicate surface "countryOfficialLanguage"
Neo-Babylonian kings Akkadian via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Neo-Babylonian kings Aramaic via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Central Group of the Azores Portuguese
electorate of Namatjira English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Bere Island Gaeltacht Irish
Mühlenbecker Land German
Kremmen German
Hydaburg English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Wisconsin Senate districts English via predicate surface "languageOfOfficialDescriptions"
Province of Savona Italian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Stella Italian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
WAEMU Court of Justice French
Târgu Jiu internment camp Romanian via predicate surface "hasLanguageOfAdministration"
Dębno Podhalańskie Polish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Svitavy Czech via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Stará Ľubovňa District Slovak via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
self-government of Lesser Poland Voivodeship Polish via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"