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
Castillejos, Zambales Filipino via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Castillejos, Zambales English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Schaumburg-Lippe German
Geisa German
LMC Hindi via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration" NERFINISHED
LMC English via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration" NERFINISHED
Góra Polish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Nimporio Greek via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Chorio Greek via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
West Delhi district Hindi via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
West Delhi district English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
XXI Constitutional Government of Portugal Portuguese via predicate surface "languageOfGovernment"
Illueca Spanish
Peñíscola Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Peñíscola Valencian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Chambly French
District Collectorate Gandhinagar Gujarati via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
District Collectorate Gandhinagar English via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Kalol Gujarati
Kalol Hindi
Dahegam Gujarati NERFINISHED
Dahegam Hindi
Chiloda Gujarati via predicate surface "officialLanguageOfRegion"
Yurinsky District Russian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Vénissieux French
Arlesheim German NERFINISHED
Aetigkofen German
Abiansemal District Indonesian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Sinop Province Turkish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Plaridel, Quezon Filipino via predicate surface "nationalLanguage"
Plaridel, Quezon English
Dubai Airports Arabic via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Den Dolder Dutch
Merzen German
Rashidan District Pashto via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Rashidan District Dari via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Leonard, Michigan English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Kırklareli Turkish
Mayo Gaeltacht Irish
Gmina Chmielnik Polish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Berkeley City Council District 3 English via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
GIFT City English via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Gandhinagar North Gujarati via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
New Caledonian French New Caledonia via predicate surface "officialLanguageOf" NERFINISHED
Executive branch of the Republic of Texas English via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Mustjala municipality Estonian
San Diego City Council District 2 English via predicate surface "languageOfGovernment"
BAPS Swaminarayan Sanstha Gujarati
BAPS Swaminarayan Sanstha Hindi
BAPS Swaminarayan Sanstha English