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
Nettlebed Parish Council English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Portions of Oudh and Tirhut Railway English via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Portions of Oudh and Tirhut Railway Hindi via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Anafi Greek
Gisborne District Council English via predicate surface "usesOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Gisborne District Council Māori via predicate surface "usesOfficialLanguage"
Ripollès Catalan NERFINISHED
Ripollès Spanish
Prats-de-Mollo-la-Preste French
Pinagsama Filipino via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Pinagsama English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Western Bicutan Filipino via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Western Bicutan English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Bagumbayan
surface form: Bagumbayan, Taguig
Filipino via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Bagumbayan
surface form: Bagumbayan, Taguig
English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Bagong Tanyag Filipino via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Bagong Tanyag English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Maharlika Village Filipino via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Maharlika Village English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Napindan Filipino via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Napindan English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
San Miguel
surface form: San Miguel, Taguig
Filipino
San Miguel
surface form: San Miguel, Taguig
English
Tuktukan Filipino via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Tuktukan English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Ususan Filipino via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Ususan English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Eleftheroupoli Greek
Pangaio municipality Greek via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Nea Propontida (municipality)
surface form: Nea Propontida
Greek via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Aristotelis (municipality) Greek
St Lucia
surface form: Saint Lucia
English
Vilnius County Lithuanian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
San Rafael, New Mexico English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Rangitīkei District English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Rangitīkei District Māori via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Dhar district Hindi via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Harrow constituency English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Roxeth ward English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Vire Normandie French
Villerville French
Honolulu Department of Planning and Permitting English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Turin
surface form: Turin, Georgia
English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Na h-Eileanan an Iar (UK Parliament constituency) English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Na h-Eileanan an Iar (UK Parliament constituency) Scottish Gaelic via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Uva Province Sinhala
Uva Province Tamil
Omišalj Croatian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Deutschbaselitz, Saxony, Germany
surface form: Deutschbaselitz
German
DAAD Berliner Künstlerprogramm fellowship German via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"