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
Takelsa Arabic
Île aux Pigeons French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Ministry of Science and Technology (India) Hindi
Ministry of Science and Technology (India) English
Eschborn German
German customs authorities German NERFINISHED
Elista Russian
Meycauayan Filipino NERFINISHED
Meycauayan English
Municipality of Le Havre French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Gateshead Council English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Sabor Croatian
Sveti Vid-Miholjice Croatian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Maranello, Italy
surface form: Maranello
Italian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Paraná Portuguese
Chorley Deanery English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Huave of San Francisco del Mar Spanish via predicate surface "countryOfficialLanguage"
arrondissement of Périgueux French via predicate surface "administrativeLanguage"
Salyan District Azerbaijani NERFINISHED
Intergovernmental Coordinating Committee of the Countries of the Plata Basin Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Intergovernmental Coordinating Committee of the Countries of the Plata Basin Portuguese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Riohacha Spanish
Province of Alessandria Italian
Archduchy of Austria German
Kamenica nad Cirochou Slovak
Kamen German
Dewas district Hindi
Ujjain division Hindi via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Dewas Municipal Corporation Hindi via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Morena district Hindi
India Post Hindi
India Post English
Mandsaur Municipal Council Hindi via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration" NERFINISHED
Katni district Hindi
Raisen district Hindi via predicate surface "languageOfficial" NERFINISHED
Riley Township, Michigan English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Ordre du Nichan El-Anouar French
Lazareto Portuguese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Le Noirmont French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Muriaux French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Les Bois French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Montfaucon French
Le Bémont French
Lajoux French
Franzensfeste German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Franzensfeste Italian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Góra County Polish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Zielona Góra County Polish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Super Rugby Unlocked English
Amt Hohe Elbgeest German via predicate surface "administrativeLanguage"