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
Ponta Baleia Portuguese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Caué District Portuguese
municipality of Eordaia Greek
Ptolemaida municipality Greek
Rhodope
surface form: Rhodope (regional unit)
Greek
Borgo Maggiore Italian
Ola Russian
Ara Sadar subdivision Hindi
Arrah Assembly constituency Hindi via predicate surface "hasLanguageOfAdministration" NERFINISHED
Arrah Assembly constituency Urdu via predicate surface "hasLanguageOfAdministration"
Hamburger Friedhöfe AöR Deutsch via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Republic of Cuba (1902–1959) Spanish
Gampel German
General Secretariat of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Basti Hindi
Maser, Veneto, Italy
surface form: Maser
Italian
Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
El Banco Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Plato Spanish
Pivijay Spanish
Dasuya tehsil Punjabi via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Mukerian tehsil Punjabi NERFINISHED
Garhshankar tehsil Punjabi via predicate surface "administrativeLanguage"
Mukerian Punjabi NERFINISHED
Hoshiarpur Assembly constituency Punjabi via predicate surface "hasLanguageOfAdministration"
Frankenberg, Hesse German
Wahlkreis St. Gallen German
Town of Wethersfield, New York English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Srebrenica Bosnian
Srebrenica Serbian NERFINISHED
Srebrenica Croatian NERFINISHED
Mandla Municipal Council Hindi via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Municipal Council Balaghat Hindi via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Guna Municipal Council Hindi via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Salaberry-de-Valleyfield French
Dar es Salaam Region Swahili
Dar es Salaam Region English
eastern Mongolia
surface form: Eastern Mongolia
Mongolian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Kamionka Polish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Monzambano Italian
Roman Republic (1798–1799) Italian
city of Rawson
surface form: Rawson
Spanish
Prokuplje Serbian NERFINISHED
Garrotxa Catalan via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Garrotxa Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Luino Italian
Beinwil am See German
Meisterschwanden German NERFINISHED
Essaouira Province Arabic via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Midt-Telemark Norwegian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"