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
Stari Grad Sarajevo Croatian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Stari Grad Sarajevo Serbian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Lusophone Africa Portuguese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Sakib Arabic
Genolier, Vaud, Switzerland
surface form: Genolier
French
Bad Wildungen German
Muhammad Shah II Persian via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Al Farwaniyah Governorate Arabic
Mahagi French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Mambasa French
Mambasa Lingala via predicate surface "nationalLanguage" NERFINISHED
Mambasa Swahili via predicate surface "nationalLanguage" NERFINISHED
Djugu French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Offendorf French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Falkirk West (Scottish Parliament constituency) English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Falkirk West (Scottish Parliament constituency) Scottish Gaelic via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Figari French
Bergpark Wilhelmshöhe German
Muzaffar Shah I Persian via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Pioneer Island Russian via predicate surface "hasLanguageOfAdministration"
Mangalnath Temple Hindi via predicate surface "stateOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Hadžići Bosnian
Hadžići Croatian
Hadžići Serbian NERFINISHED
Landkreis Uckermark administration German via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
BAFTA Television Award for Best Scripted Comedy English
Nelaug Norwegian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Dorog Hungarian
Flekkefjord Norwegian via predicate surface "languageOfficial" NERFINISHED
Damoh Municipal Council Hindi via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration" NERFINISHED
Casalmaggiore Italian
Vest-Agder Norwegian
Rajbari District Bengali
Sukoharjo Regency Indonesian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
St. Niklaus German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Niederwil (Solothurn) German
Lüterkofen-Ichertswil German
Arendal Municipality Norwegian via predicate surface "languageOfficial"
Dos Hermanas Spanish
Carmona Spanish
Los Palacios y Villafranca Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Köstendorf German
Grödig German NERFINISHED
Lucknow West Hindi via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration" NERFINISHED
Uji City Hall Japanese via predicate surface "languageOfOfficialBusiness"
Kyoto Prefectural Governor Japanese via predicate surface "languageOfOfficialActs"
Humacao, Puerto Rico Spanish
Humacao, Puerto Rico English
Fifth Court of Appeals of Texas English
Tarpon Springs City Hall English via predicate surface "languageOfOfficialBusiness"