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
Romny Uyezd Russian via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Vadodara district Gujarati
Sweetwater, Florida English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Shirdi Marathi NERFINISHED
Cianjur Regency Indonesian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Court of the Union State Russian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Court of the Union State Belarusian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Aïr and Ténéré Natural Reserves French via predicate surface "officialLanguageOfCountry"
eastern Quebec
surface form: Eastern Quebec
French
Andrés Eloy Blanco Municipality (Sucre) Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Lynn Lake English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Lynn Lake French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
South Algonquin English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Arruda dos Vinhos Portuguese
Kopargaon Marathi NERFINISHED
Sangamner Marathi NERFINISHED
Galapagar Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Gjerdrum Norwegian via predicate surface "languageOfficial"
1999 Asian Winter Games Korean
1999 Asian Winter Games English
Vimmerby Municipality Swedish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
César Award for Best First Feature Film French
Yuchi Township Mandarin Chinese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
city of Mellingen
surface form: Mellingen
German
Wasseramt District German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Kriegstetten German
Obergerlafingen German
Oekingen German
Halten German
Horriwil German
San Blas-Canillejas district of Madrid
surface form: San Blas-Canillejas
Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Tigak people Tok Pisin via predicate surface "countryOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Tigak people English via predicate surface "countryOfficialLanguage"
Tigak people Hiri Motu via predicate surface "countryOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Bardhaman district Bengali
Gailingen German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
San Pedro English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Minto English
Puslinch English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Wellington North English
Erin (town)
surface form: Erin, Ontario
English
Cape Town Civic Centre English via predicate surface "hasLanguageOfAdministration"
Cape Town Civic Centre Afrikaans via predicate surface "hasLanguageOfAdministration"
Cape Town Civic Centre isiXhosa via predicate surface "hasLanguageOfAdministration"
Karaikal Municipal Council Tamil via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Karaikal Municipal Council English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Karaikal (Puducherry Legislative Assembly) Tamil via predicate surface "hasLanguageOfAdministration"
Karaikal (Puducherry Legislative Assembly) English via predicate surface "hasLanguageOfAdministration"
Egyptian Premier League Arabic via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Amsterdam’s civic charities Dutch via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"