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
Bobigny French
Yu’an District Standard Chinese
Settat Arabic
Settat Amazigh NERFINISHED
Novi Ligure Italian
canton of Garonne-Lomagne-Brulhois French
Tyndinsky urban okrug Russian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Bidar Kannada NERFINISHED
Dusheti Municipality Georgian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Palazzo Pubblico Italian via predicate surface "officialLanguageUsed"
Government of San Marino Italian
Consiglio Grande e Generale Italian
San Marino Football Federation Italian
Serravalle, San Marino Italian
Busaiteen Arabic
2018 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election Hindi via predicate surface "languageOfOfficialMaterials"
2018 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election English via predicate surface "languageOfOfficialMaterials"
Ludwigslust-Parchim district
surface form: Ludwigslust-Parchim
German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Île aux Vainqueurs French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Angarsk Russian via predicate surface "languageOfficial"
Belgian Luxembourg French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Beni Khalled Arabic
Sorau Polish via predicate surface "currentOfficialLanguage"
Safsufa Hebrew via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Peki'in Hebrew
Patti Punjabi NERFINISHED
Bhikhiwind Punjabi NERFINISHED
Patti tehsil Punjabi via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Bhikhiwind tehsil Punjabi
Kanhaiya Misl Punjabi (vernacular) via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Wetteren Dutch
Bunge la Tanzania Swahili NERFINISHED
Bunge la Tanzania English
Bunge Swahili NERFINISHED
Bunge English
Government of Tanzania Swahili via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration" NERFINISHED
Government of Tanzania English via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration" NERFINISHED
Sriperumbudur Assembly constituency Tamil via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
EFTA Court English
Guyuan Standard Chinese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Tognana Italian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Mateh Yehuda Regional Council Hebrew via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Ninotsminda Municipality Georgian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Pinezići Croatian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Municipality of Serres Greek via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Jeju Province Korean via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Zestaponi Municipality Georgian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Birrwil German
Aesch (Aargau) German
Mosen German