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
Gwalior Residency English via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Gwalior Residency Hindustani via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Damoh district Hindi via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Lalitpur district Hindi
Dompu Indonesian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Archdeaconry of Northumberland English via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Pfäffikon ZH German
Santa Margherita Ligure Italian
Vaila Estonian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Bauline English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Wollerau, Switzerland
surface form: Wollerau
German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Municipality of Prangins French
Montreal fire department
surface form: Montreal Fire Department
French
Ripatransone Italian
Cossignano Italian
village of Itzelberg
surface form: Itzelberg
German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
village of Waldhausen
surface form: Waldhausen
German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Marzpanate of Armenia Middle Persian NERFINISHED
Eastern Townships French
Barbuda Council English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Mayor of Tianeti Georgian via predicate surface "languageOfOfficialActs"
Dawson Creek, British Columbia English
Freiolsheim German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Abéché French
Abéché Arabic
Chile Chico Commune Spanish
Jõelähtme Parish Estonian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Kristiine district Estonian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Nanoor Bengali
Labpur Bengali NERFINISHED
Belgian Congo (as associated territory) French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Katzie Indian Reserve No. 2 English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Vestnes Norwegian via predicate surface "languageOfficial" NERFINISHED
Vanylven Norwegian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Hustadvika Norwegian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Gortin English
Legislative Assembly of Rio Grande do Sul Portuguese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Imperial Household Russian via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Energodar Ukrainian via predicate surface "languageOfficial"
Russian Federation (illegally, not internationally recognized)
surface form: Russian Federation
Russian
Lappeenranta City Hall Finnish via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Lappeenranta City Hall Swedish via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Pazhamudircholai Murugan Temple Tamil via predicate surface "stateOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Chhindwara Assembly constituency Hindi via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
village of Blindheim (Blenheim) on the Danube
surface form: Blindheim
German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Grand Rapids Drive English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Cēsis Latvian
Barrington
surface form: Barrington, New York
English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Torrey
surface form: Torrey, New York
English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
EuroBasket 2001 English