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
Mouhijärvi Finnish via predicate surface "languageOfficial"
Huittinen Finnish
Ikaalinen Finnish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Parkano Finnish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Urjala Finnish via predicate surface "languageOfficial"
Brøndby Danish
Tervuren Dutch
Kirov Russian
Yingquan District Standard Chinese
Ashoknagar district Hindi
UNESCO World Heritage Site Brasília
surface form: Brasília
Portuguese NERFINISHED
Xinyi Township Mandarin Chinese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Free State of Prussia era German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Laboral Kutxa Baskonia Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Laboral Kutxa Baskonia Basque via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Thimbirigasyaya Divisional Secretariat Sinhala via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Thimbirigasyaya Divisional Secretariat Tamil via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Kaduwela Divisional Secretariat Sinhala via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Kaduwela Divisional Secretariat Tamil via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Dehiwala Divisional Secretariat Sinhala via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Dehiwala Divisional Secretariat Tamil via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Hanwella Divisional Secretariat Sinhala via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration" NERFINISHED
Hanwella Divisional Secretariat Tamil via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Hanwella Divisional Secretariat English via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Moratuwa Municipal Council Sinhala via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration" NERFINISHED
Moratuwa Municipal Council Tamil via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Kesbewa Urban Council Sinhala via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Kesbewa Urban Council Tamil via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Presidential Secretariat, Sri Lanka Sinhala via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Presidential Secretariat, Sri Lanka Tamil via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Presidential Secretariat, Sri Lanka English via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Zuidwolde Dutch via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
1996 Asian Winter Games Chinese
1996 Asian Winter Games English
Heusden-Zolder Dutch
Riemst Dutch
Dymond Township English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Dymond Township French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Municipal Commissioner office of Meerut Hindi via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
MTV Video Music Award for Best New Artist English
Caribbean coast of French Guiana French NERFINISHED
Port of Denia Spanish via predicate surface "hasLanguageOfLocalAdministration"
Port of Denia Valencian via predicate surface "hasLanguageOfLocalAdministration" NERFINISHED
Gribskov Municipality Danish
Bayingolin Mongol Autonomous Prefecture government Standard Chinese
Ghadames District Arabic via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Alto Selva Alegre District Spanish
Paucarpata District Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Safenwil German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Gmina Suchedniów Polish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"