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
Ribeirópolis Portuguese
Frei Paulo Portuguese
municipality of Itaporanga d’Ajuda
surface form: Itaporanga d’Ajuda
Portuguese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Bangladesh Secretariat Bengali via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Bangladesh Secretariat English via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Finney County District Court English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Varanasi South Hindi via predicate surface "hasLanguageOfAdministration"
Varanasi South Urdu via predicate surface "hasLanguageOfAdministration" NERFINISHED
flag of Guinea-Bissau Portuguese via predicate surface "officialLanguageCountry"
Assin Foso English
Fuchū, Hiroshima Japanese
Küçük Ayasofya Turkish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Bulandshahr district Hindi
Oberbuchsiten German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Waase German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Freesen German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Haide German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Tankow German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
municipality of Thames Centre
surface form: Thames Centre
English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
municipality of North Middlesex
surface form: Municipality of North Middlesex
English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
municipality of Lucan Biddulph
surface form: Lucan Biddulph
English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
municipality of Adelaide Metcalfe
surface form: Adelaide Metcalfe
English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Western Provincial Council Sinhala via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Western Provincial Council Tamil via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
New Pascua English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Crema Italian
Wawer Polish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Mut Arabic
Norwegian nobility Danish via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Kholmsky urban okrug Russian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
City Hall of Leeuwarden Dutch via predicate surface "hasLanguageOfAdministration"
Lulong County Standard Chinese
Pandharpur taluka Marathi
Stepin Lug Serbian via predicate surface "countryOfficialLanguage"
Vračar municipality Serbian
Schönebeck (Elbe) German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Wolmirstedt German
Furesø Municipality Danish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Wutai Township Mandarin Chinese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
municipality of Recife
surface form: Recife
Portuguese NERFINISHED
Jahrom Persian
Clarke County English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Cotignola Italian
Baarn, Netherlands
surface form: Baarn
Dutch
La Piedad Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
municipal administration of Lausanne
surface form: Municipal Administration of Lausanne
French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Indian Ambassador to Spain English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Town of Laurentian Hills English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Township of Admaston/Bromley English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Township of Bonnechere Valley English