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
Press Information Bureau Hindi
Press Information Bureau English
Щёкинский район Russian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Sultan Qutb-ud-din Ahmad Shah II Persian via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Viluppuram district Tamil NERFINISHED
Haryana State Industrial and Infrastructure Development Corporation Hindi via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Haryana State Industrial and Infrastructure Development Corporation English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Tayacaja Province Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Bryansk Oblast Russian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Brétigny-sur-Orge French
Plessis-l'Évêque French
President of the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists English via predicate surface "languageOfOfficialBusiness"
Kugaaruk Inuktitut NERFINISHED
Kugaaruk English
Xoxocotla Municipality Spanish
Municipality of Providencia Spanish via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Recoleta Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Ministerio de Vivienda y Urbanismo de Chile español
Kalvarija Lithuanian NERFINISHED
Nagari Telugu NERFINISHED
Puttur Telugu NERFINISHED
Renigunta Telugu NERFINISHED
Yerpedu Telugu via predicate surface "languageOfficial" NERFINISHED
Satyavedu Telugu NERFINISHED
Karvetinagaram Telugu NERFINISHED
Vadamalapeta Telugu NERFINISHED
Varadaiahpalem Telugu NERFINISHED
Nindra Telugu NERFINISHED
Pichatur Telugu NERFINISHED
Shchyokino Russian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Shchyokinsky Municipal District Russian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
town of Shchyokino
surface form: Shchyokino
Russian
Una Himachal
surface form: Una, Himachal Pradesh
Hindi
Una Himachal
surface form: Una, Himachal Pradesh
Sanskrit NERFINISHED
Lake of Two Mountains French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguageContext"
Göschenen German
Andechs German
Schönewalde German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Ooma village English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Ooma village Gilbertese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Annette Islands Reserve English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Zvenyhorodka Uyezd Russian via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Municipality of Kalamata Greek
Lampung Tengah Regency Indonesian
Mesuji Regency Indonesian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Pesisir Barat Regency Indonesian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Principality of Asturias Spanish
Gersfeld German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Bauska Latvian
Madona Municipality Latvian