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
Litueche Spanish
Government of the Sakha Republic Russian
Government of the Sakha Republic Sakha NERFINISHED
Municipality of Ourém Portuguese
NATO Support and Procurement Agency English
NATO Support and Procurement Agency French
NATO Science and Technology Organization English
NATO Science and Technology Organization French
NATO Standardization Office English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
NATO Standardization Office French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Vrakuňa Slovak via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Nové Mesto Slovak via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Pošeň Slovak via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Štrkovec Slovak
San Damiano d’Asti Italian
Betul Municipal Council Hindi via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration" NERFINISHED
Trade Policy Review Body English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Trade Policy Review Body French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Trade Policy Review Body Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Aragatsotn Province Armenian NERFINISHED
Aparan Armenian
Ferozepur Municipal Council Punjabi via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Gokul Nagar Panchayat Hindi via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration" NERFINISHED
Punganur Telugu NERFINISHED
Palamaner Telugu NERFINISHED
Archdeaconry of Carlisle English via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Dio-Olympos municipality
surface form: Dio-Olympos
Greek via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Pydna-Kolindros municipality Greek via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
town of Katerini
surface form: Katerini
Greek
Canary English
island of Paxos in Greece
surface form: Paxos
Greek NERFINISHED
Distinguished International Shooter Badge English
Nacton Parish Council English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Nišava District Serbian via predicate surface "languageOfficial" NERFINISHED
Tuticorin Tamil NERFINISHED
Austrian Trade Union Federation German
Katafygio, Kozani, Greece Greek
Ibero-American General Secretariat Spanish
Ibero-American General Secretariat Portuguese
Zell am Harmersbach, Germany
surface form: Zell am Harmersbach
German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Clay, New York, United States
surface form: Clay, New York
English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Corona de España español via predicate surface "idiomaOficialDeReferencia"
government of Río Negro Province
surface form: Government of Río Negro Province
Spanish
Ngaoundéré French
Ngaoundéré English
North Region (Cameroon) French
North Region (Cameroon) English
Banyo French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Banyo English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Preobrazhenskoye District Russian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"