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
Nové Mesto nad Váhom Slovak
Uster German
Ghiyath al-Din Kaykhusraw I Persian via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Ghiyath al-Din Kaykhusraw I Arabic via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Ghiyath al-Din Kaykhusraw I Turkish via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Les Breuleux French
Phocis regional unit Greek
Târgu Jiu Romanian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
former municipality of Mill en Sint Hubert
surface form: Mill en Sint Hubert
Dutch
Gennep Dutch NERFINISHED
Midelt Province Arabic
Midelt Province Amazigh NERFINISHED
La Grange, Tennessee English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Zierikzee, Zeeland, Netherlands
surface form: Zierikzee
Dutch
Mainpuri Hindi
Shikohabad Hindi
Sikandra Rao Hindi
Khair Hindi
Kumher Hindi
Kaman tehsil Hindi
Chhata tehsil Hindi via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Nord-Odal municipality
surface form: Nord-Odal
Norwegian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Usaquén, Bogotá, Colombia
surface form: Usaquén
Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Sauveterre-de-Rouergue French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Jacques-Cartier French
Index Department of Illinois English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Republic of the United States of Brazil Portuguese
Comune di Anzio Italian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Coat of arms of Victoria English
Zuidas business district Dutch via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Ystalyfera community English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Ystalyfera community Welsh via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Valeggio sul Mincio Italian
Squamish-Lillooet Regional District English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
United States diplomatic mission to Honduras English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
administration of Chaunsky District Russian language via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Roman province of Judea Latin
Kurgan Oblast Russian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Morsang-sur-Orge French
Guanajuato Municipality Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Naraingarh Hindi
Kutiyana Gujarati NERFINISHED
Barletta Italian
Stadtkreis Stuttgart German
San Martín Department, Corrientes Spanish
Kaman Hindi
Hodal Hindi
Hathras Hindi
Etah Hindi
Baie-Saint-Paul French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"