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
Regional Transport Offices in West Bengal English via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
NKDA (for its development authority)
surface form: New Town Kolkata Development Authority
Bengali via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
NKDA (for its development authority)
surface form: New Town Kolkata Development Authority
English via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Akbou Arabic
Boghni Arabic via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Azeffoun Arabic
Beni Yenni Arabic via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
commune of Le Kremlin-Bicêtre
surface form: Le Kremlin-Bicêtre
French
Montfort-l'Amaury, France
surface form: Montfort-l'Amaury
French
Province of Zamora Spanish
Salitre Indigenous Territory Bribri language via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Salitre Indigenous Territory Spanish language via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Council of Foreign Ministers of the Arab Maghreb Union Arabic via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Eastern Africa Standby Force English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Eastern Africa Standby Force French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Eastern Africa Standby Force Portuguese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Eastern Africa Standby Force Arabic via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Eastern Africa Standby Force Kiswahili via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Montecastrilli Italian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Rajarhat Bengali
Rajarhat English
Chinsurah subdivision Bengali
Bansberia Municipality Bengali via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Farakka community development block Bengali NERFINISHED
Dankuni Bengali
Champdani Bengali NERFINISHED
Champdani English
Singur Bengali NERFINISHED
Singur English
Khanakul Bengali
Bally Jagachha Bengali
Lunglei Mizo via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Lunglei English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Tovar, Mérida, Venezuela Spanish
Upper Demerara-Berbice English
Manila, Utah English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Colina commune Spanish
Municipality of Colina Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Bubaque Portuguese language
surface form: Portuguese
Carache Portuguese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguageOfCountry"
Roxa Portuguese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguageOfCountry"
Rubane Portuguese (national level)
Municipal council of Autun French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Kijevo Croatian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Iowa District Court for Woodbury County English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Salix, Iowa English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Hornodden Norwegian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguageOfCountry"
African Union (through the state of Zambia)
surface form: African Union
Arabic
African Union (through the state of Zambia)
surface form: African Union
English
African Union (through the state of Zambia)
surface form: African Union
French