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
Khardaha English via predicate surface "languageOfficial"
Taki Bengali via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Taki English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Baduria Bengali
Deganga Bengali NERFINISHED
Gaighata Bengali NERFINISHED
Haringhata Bengali NERFINISHED
Haringhata English
Sandeshkhali Bengali via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Swarupnagar Bengali via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Swarupnagar English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Dumdum Bengali NERFINISHED
Bongaon subdivision Bengali
New Barrackpore Municipality Bengali via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
New Barrackpore Municipality English via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Habra Municipality Bengali via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Habra Municipality English via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Udharbond Assamese NERFINISHED
Uluberia subdivision Bengali
Uluberia subdivision English
Uluberia Municipality Bengali via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration" NERFINISHED
Uluberia Municipality English via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Hugli-Chuchura Municipality Bengali via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Hugli-Chuchura Municipality English via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
North Dum Dum Bengali
Organization of African Unity English
Organization of African Unity French
Organization of African Unity Arabic
Organization of African Unity Portuguese language
surface form: Portuguese
Organization of African Unity Spanish
Székelyudvarhely Romanian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
United Nations (through the state of Kenya)
surface form: United Nations
Arabic via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
United Nations (through the state of Kenya)
surface form: United Nations
Chinese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
United Nations (through the state of Kenya)
surface form: United Nations
English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
United Nations (through the state of Kenya)
surface form: United Nations
French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
United Nations (through the state of Kenya)
surface form: United Nations
Russian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
United Nations (through the state of Kenya)
surface form: United Nations
Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Dar es Salaam Stock Exchange English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Dar es Salaam Stock Exchange Swahili via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Argentera Italian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Moncenisio (Italian municipality)
surface form: Moncenisio
Italian
Base E Stonington Island English via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Guzhang County Standard Chinese
Honora Bay English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Honora Bay French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Villafranca Piemonte Italian
Vrlika Croatian NERFINISHED
Barasat Bengali NERFINISHED
Uttarpara Bengali via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Uttarpara English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"