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
Telugu Desam Party (various periods)
surface form: Telugu Desam Party
Telugu via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Hyères French
Cagayan Province Filipino via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Cagayan Province English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Courtedoux French
Haute-Ajoie French
Marjayoun Arabic
LaSalle, Quebec, Canada French
Malta Dockyard English via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
arrondissement of Nantua French via predicate surface "administrativeLanguage"
Madhya Pradesh Directorate of Medical Education Hindi via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Dera Baba Nanak Punjabi NERFINISHED
Sri Hargobindpur area
surface form: Sri Hargobindpur
Punjabi NERFINISHED
San Carlos Commune Spanish
municipality of Santa Cruz
surface form: Municipality of Santa Cruz
Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Consejo de Gobierno del Régimen Especial de Galápagos español via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Wolf Island Spanish via predicate surface "hasLanguageOfAdministration"
Thizy-les-Bourgs French
Río Ibáñez Commune Spanish
3rd Tverskaya-Yamskaya Street Russian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Datia Municipal Council Hindi via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Panna district Hindi
Yeola, Nashik district Marathi via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Niagara Falls, Ontario English
Niagara Falls, Ontario French
Albrighton Parish Council English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
La Guaira Spanish
Goražde Bosnian
Goražde Serbian
Goražde Croatian
Rewa district Hindi
Rewa Municipal Corporation Hindi via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration" NERFINISHED
Luhansk People’s Republic Russian
Paquetá Island Portuguese
Municipality of Florina Greek via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Ludhiana Municipal Corporation Punjabi via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Ludhiana Municipal Corporation English via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Kipton English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
NBCC Sandrof Award for Lifetime Achievement in Publishing English
HOC
surface form: Hellenic Olympic Committee
Greek
Visit Isle of Man English
Andelfingen German
Atyrau Region Kazakh via predicate surface "languageOfficial"
Atyrau Region Russian via predicate surface "languageOfficial"
ANOC English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
ANOC French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
ANOC Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
DLA
surface form: Delhi Legislative Assembly
Hindi via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
DLA
surface form: Delhi Legislative Assembly
English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Supreme Court of Ukraine Ukrainian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"