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
Departamento Florentino Ameghino Spanish
Marmara (town) Turkish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Topağaç Turkish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Asmalı Turkish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Zuiderwoude Dutch
Province of Rimouski French via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Eerste Divisie Dutch
Provincial Government of Siquijor Filipino via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Provincial Government of Siquijor English via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Provincial Government of Siquijor Cebuano (Bisaya) via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Or Akiva Hebrew
Hof HaCarmel Regional Council Hebrew via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Alona Regional Council Hebrew via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Alona Regional Council Hebrew via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Megiddo Regional Council Hebrew via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Fureidis local council Arabic
Fureidis local council Hebrew
Jisr az-Zarqa local council Arabic via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Jisr az-Zarqa local council Hebrew via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Isfiya local council Hebrew
Isfiya local council Arabic
Moston English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Kingdom of Prussia (by birth)
surface form: Kingdom of Prussia
German
Chiyoda City government Japanese via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
municipality of Platanias Greek via predicate surface "languageOfficial"
Nicolet French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Versailles (for Yvelines department)
surface form: Versailles (Yvelines)
French
municipal council of Rambouillet French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Palau Italian
Cheongunhyoja-dong Korean via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Iguazú Department Spanish
Torre (Recife) Portuguese
Escada, Pernambuco, Brazil Portuguese
Paraisópolis, Minas Gerais, Brazil Portuguese
Ordem do Mérito Cultural Portuguese
Instituto do Patrimônio Histórico e Artístico Nacional Portuguese
Government of the Federal District Portuguese via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Nuwara Eliya District Sinhala NERFINISHED
Nuwara Eliya District Tamil NERFINISHED
East Central Railway Hindi via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration" NERFINISHED
East Central Railway English via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Municipality of Kilkis Greek
Марий Эл Республикасе Russian language
Марий Эл Республикасе Mari language NERFINISHED
Mari Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic Russian
Mari Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic Mari language
Saluzzo Italian
Ministry of Government of Bolivia Spanish
Bintan Indonesian
East Asian Football Federation English