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
Latgale Suburb Latvian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Kobrín Belarusian
Kobrín Russian
Lomza Governorate
surface form: Łomża Governorate
Russian via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Japanese occupation of Borneo Japanese via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Hörden German NERFINISHED
Michelbach German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Selbach German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Clovis Transit English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
San Pietro Infine Italian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Ryanggang Province Korean
FIS Alpine World Ski Championships English
FIS Alpine World Ski Championships French
La Hulpe French
Guna district Hindi
Maharajganj Hindi
Punta Alta Spanish
Sevelen (Switzerland)
surface form: Sevelen
German NERFINISHED
Bas-Uélé Province French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Mohali Punjabi via predicate surface "languageOfficial" NERFINISHED
Firozabad Hindi
Tundla Hindi
Behchokǫ̀ English
Korinos Greek
Skotina Greek via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Lensky District Russian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Lensky District Sakha via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Dobřany Czech
Buchs, Switzerland German
Bandipora Kashmiri
Bandipora Urdu NERFINISHED
Bandipora Hindi
Bandipora Dogri NERFINISHED
Bandipora English
Margraviate of Brandenburg German
Overpelt Dutch
Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti Georgian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Røyken Norwegian via predicate surface "languageOfficial" NERFINISHED
Loncopué Department Spanish
Cutral Có Spanish
Tanaeang English (de jure in Kiribati) via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Tanaeang Gilbertese (Kiribati language) via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Mook en Middelaar Dutch via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Lawrenceville
surface form: Lawrenceville, Georgia
English
Haines Junction, Yukon English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Eschen German
Mato Grosso Portuguese
Gwaun-Cae-Gurwen electoral ward English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Gwaun-Cae-Gurwen electoral ward Welsh via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Gressoney Valley Italian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"