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
Ghogha Hindi
Fassano Italian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Mamluk sultans Arabic via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Reggiolo Italian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Spanish Basketball Federation Spanish
hospodar of Moldavia Romanian via predicate surface "administrativeLanguage"
Rum millet Greek via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration" NERFINISHED
Babylon Governorate Arabic
village of Myślachowice
surface form: Myślachowice
Polish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Attari Punjabi NERFINISHED
Dean and Chapter of Southwell English via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Vice President of Bolivia Spanish
Vice President of Bolivia Quechua NERFINISHED
Vice President of Bolivia Aymara NERFINISHED
Vice President of Bolivia Guaraní NERFINISHED
Ministry of Defense of Bolivia Spanish
Ministry of Education of Bolivia Spanish via predicate surface "officialLanguageUsed"
Ministry of Public Works, Services and Housing of Bolivia Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Ministry of Mining and Metallurgy of Bolivia Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Pietrelcina, Benevento, Italy
surface form: Pietrelcina
Italian
Pietrelcina Italian
Les Cèdres, Quebec French
Municipio II of Rome Italian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Newark Municipal Council English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Portuguese Padroado Portuguese via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Bussum Dutch
Niamey Convention French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Ivato International Airport French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguageEnvironment"
Ivato International Airport Malagasy via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguageEnvironment"
Analamanga Region Malagasy via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Analamanga Region French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Jalna Marathi NERFINISHED
Beed Marathi NERFINISHED
Osmanabad Marathi NERFINISHED
Jalna district Marathi NERFINISHED
Ortsteil Petersgmünd German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Ortsteil Wernsbach German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Ortsteil Rittersbach German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Ortsteil Obermauk German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Sete
surface form: Sète
French
Gmina Ćmielów Polish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Gmina Kunów Polish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Gmina Bałtów Polish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Gmina Bodzechów Polish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Gmina Waśniów Polish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Arivruach English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Blandford-Blenheim English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
East Zorra-Tavistock English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Embassy of Japan in London Japanese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Embassy of Japan in London English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"