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
Dymond English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Dymond French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Billings Township English
Burpee and Mills Township English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Tehkummah Township English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Florianópolis Portuguese
ALRN Portuguese
Court of Justice of the Federal District and Territories Portuguese
Taguatinga Portuguese
Sobradinho Portuguese
Samambaia Portuguese
Recanto das Emas Portuguese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Santa Maria
surface form: Santa Maria (Distrito Federal)
Portuguese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Buriti Palace area Portuguese via predicate surface "languageOfOfficialUse"
Khammouane Province Lao
Enping Standard Chinese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Great Spa Towns of Europe English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Great Spa Towns of Europe French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Šišan Croatian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
municipal council of Dolomieu French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Frogn Norwegian via predicate surface "languageOfficial"
Houen Foundation Award Norwegian NERFINISHED
Santa Barbara County Parks English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Chandimandir Hindi
Chandimandir English
Sete Lagoas Portuguese NERFINISHED
Partapur Hindi
Snåsavatnet Norwegian (surrounding area) via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Dhrol Gujarati via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Dhrol Hindi via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Embassy of Japan in Canada Japanese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Embassy of Japan in Canada English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Cinco Pinos Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Guayaramerín Municipality Spanish via predicate surface "administrativeLanguage"
Limpopo provincial government English via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Limpopo provincial government Sepedi (Northern Sotho) via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration" NERFINISHED
Limpopo provincial government Xitsonga via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration" NERFINISHED
Limpopo provincial government Tshivenda via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Township of Augusta English
Leeds County English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Daykundi Dari Persian NERFINISHED
Daykundi Pashto NERFINISHED
Budaörs Hungarian
Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis German
Province of Bulacan Filipino
Province of Bulacan English
Rio de Moinhos
surface form: Rio de Moinhos (Abrantes)
Portuguese NERFINISHED
Anantnag town Urdu NERFINISHED
Anantnag town Kashmiri