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
Gulmarg Urdu via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Gulmarg Kashmiri via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Gulmarg Hindi via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Gulmarg English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Nuribenua English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Nuribenua Gilbertese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Tematantongo English
Tematantongo Gilbertese NERFINISHED
Terikiai English
Terikiai Gilbertese NERFINISHED
Ueen English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Ueen Gilbertese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Bikati English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguageOfCountry"
Tewai Village English
São Domingos Portuguese
São Lourenço dos Órgãos Portuguese
São Salvador do Mundo Portuguese
Tønsberg municipality Norwegian via predicate surface "languageOfficial"
Humaitá Portuguese NERFINISHED
Manicoré Portuguese
Guajará-Mirim Portuguese NERFINISHED
Mezőkeresztes Hungarian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
DDA
surface form: Delhi Development Authority
Hindi
DDA
surface form: Delhi Development Authority
English
Khoni Municipality Georgian via predicate surface "administrativeLanguage" NERFINISHED
Santo Domingo de la Calzada Spanish
Guadarrama Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Sant Kabir Nagar Hindi
Lesignano Italian NERFINISHED
Cailungo Italian
Galazzano Italian via predicate surface "officialLanguageOfCountry"
Villarrica Commune Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Adilabad district Telugu NERFINISHED
Adilabad district Urdu NERFINISHED
Kandhamal district Odia
Boudh district Odia NERFINISHED
Coelemu Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Futian District People’s Government Chinese via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Dubai Healthcare City Arabic via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Panchkula district Hindi via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Municipal Corporation Yamunanagar-Jagadhri Hindi via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Aarberg, Switzerland
surface form: Aarberg
German
Orange Free State Province English
Orange Free State Province Afrikaans
Bawshar Arabic
municipality of Waadhoeke
surface form: Waadhoeke
Dutch
Waadhoeke Dutch NERFINISHED
Franekeradeel region
surface form: Franekeradeel
Dutch
St. Johann in Tirol German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Saint-Étienne-du-Grès French