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
Anantnag town Hindi
Anantnag town English
As-Suwayda Governorate Arabic
Lingewaal Dutch
وزارة النقل
surface form: وزارة النقل المصرية
اللغة العربية via predicate surface "اللغة الرسمية"
Generalbezirk Lettland German via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
International Commission on Illumination English
UP
surface form: Uttar Pradesh
Hindi
Ittihadiya Palace Arabic via predicate surface "languageOfOfficialUse"
Kreis Jüterbog German via predicate surface "administrativeLanguage"
INTOSAI Arabic via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
INTOSAI English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
INTOSAI French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
INTOSAI German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
INTOSAI Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
INTOSAI Portuguese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
INTOSAI Russian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
INTOSAI Chinese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
AFROSAI English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
AFROSAI French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
AFROSAI Arabic via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Central Health Service English via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Central Health Service Hindi via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration" NERFINISHED
Geological Survey of India English
Geological Survey of India Hindi
Central Ground Water Board Hindi
Central Ground Water Board English
Mayurbhanj district Odia via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Mayurbhanj district, Odisha, India
surface form: Mayurbhanj district
Odia NERFINISHED
Government of Odisha (state level)
surface form: Government of Odisha
Odia via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Government of Odisha (state level)
surface form: Government of Odisha
English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Politics of Quebec French
Island of Montreal agglomeration council French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Island of Montreal agglomeration council English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Canadian Senators Group English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Canadian Senators Group French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Parole Board of Canada English
Parole Board of Canada French
Ramsen (Switzerland) German
Ottoman imperial foundation Ottoman Turkish via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration" NERFINISHED
Rautjärvi Finnish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Igualada Catalan NERFINISHED
Igualada Spanish
Geel Dutch NERFINISHED
Mol Dutch via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Brasschaat Dutch
Heist-op-den-Berg Dutch
Hoogstraten Dutch
Mandal, Norway Norwegian
Futaleufú Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"