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
Oud-Zuid
surface form: Oud-Zuid (Tilburg)
Dutch
Targovishte Bulgarian
Riva Ligure Italian
Námestovo District Slovak via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Marina di Pisa Italian via predicate surface "administrativeLanguage"
Einsiedeln German
Anse, Rhône French
Lamure-sur-Azergues French
Chamelet French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Lozanne French
Anse French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Vågsbygd Norwegian Bokmål via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Vågsbygd Norwegian Nynorsk via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Narmadapuram Division Hindi
Nagar Palika Harda Hindi via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Harda tehsil Hindi via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Chibuto Portuguese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Northern State Arabic via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Lindsay English
Las Cabras Spanish
shíshálh swiya sháshíshálhem via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Embassy of Argentina in Belgium Spanish
Embassy of Argentina in Belgium French
Embassy of Argentina in Belgium Dutch
Santa María la Antigua del Darién Spanish via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Acla (exact location unknown)
surface form: Acla
Spanish via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
State of New York municipalities English via predicate surface "languageOfOfficialActs"
Khambhalia Gujarati NERFINISHED
Khambhalia Hindi
James Township English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
James Township French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Chota Province Spanish
Tsou language none via predicate surface "isOfficialLanguageOf"
Pontedera Italian
Bokn Norwegian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Palangka Raya Indonesian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Prefeitura Municipal de Bertioga português via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Western North Region English
Holtålen Norwegian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Penza Oblast Russian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Bok Island Marshallese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Bok Island English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Samil-dong Korean via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Borzna Uyezd Russian via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Jangamo District Portuguese
Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation (Brazil) Portuguese
Ministry of Racial Equality (Brazil) Portuguese
Huyện Lệ Thủy Vietnamese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Quang Ninh District Vietnamese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Kien Giang township Vietnamese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"