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
Araria Hindi via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Araria Urdu via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Sanlúcar de Guadiana Spanish
Liptovské Sliače Slovak via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Cambridge Bay English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Cambridge Bay French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
al-Malik al-Zahir
surface form: al-Malik al-Zahir Baibars
Arabic via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Acerra Italian
Sant’Agnello Italian
Central Coast Regional District English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Malé Poříčí Czech via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Berlusconi II Cabinet Italian via predicate surface "languageOfGovernment"
Servia Greek
Koceljeva Serbian NERFINISHED
Šibenik Croatian NERFINISHED
Barmer District
surface form: Barmer district
Hindi
Île-Rousse French
Røros municipality Norwegian via predicate surface "languageOfficial"
Oudomxay Province Lao via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Slantsevsky District Russian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu French
Muzaffargarh Urdu NERFINISHED
Tlayacapan Municipality Spanish
Oriental Mindoro Filipino NERFINISHED
Oriental Mindoro English
Villefranche-sur-Mer French
Takhar Province Dari Persian NERFINISHED
Takhar Province Pashto
Prijepolje Serbian NERFINISHED
Sainte-Agathe-des-Monts French
City of Glarus German
Atlántida Department Spanish
Zacatepec Municipality Spanish
Luang Namtha Province Lao via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Tambov Oblast Russian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Katwijk (Cuijk) Dutch via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Ariana Governorate Arabic
Metz Métropole French via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Boksitogorsky District Russian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Lamezia Terme Italian
Beecher Bay 14 English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Lekeberg Municipality Swedish
Laxå Municipality Swedish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Bönigen German
Mazatepec Municipality Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Bundesautobahn German
Legazpi City Filipino
Legazpi City English
Meade County English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Medina de Rioseco Spanish