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
Tailleville French
Colomby-sur-Thaon French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Cairon French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Anisy French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Plumetot French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Périers-sur-le-Dan French
Basly French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Fontaine-Henry French
Tierceville French
Amblie French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Rucqueville French
Rosel French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Carcagny French
Saint-Manvieu-Norrey French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Kakdwip subdivision Bengali via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Basanti Bengali
Canning Bengali
Canning English
Namkhana Bengali NERFINISHED
Namkhana English
Maheshtala Bengali NERFINISHED
Budge Budge Bengali NERFINISHED
Pujali Bengali NERFINISHED
Imphal East district Meitei NERFINISHED
Imphal East district English
Gangtok Municipal Corporation English via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Gangtok Municipal Corporation Nepali via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Kikinda Serbian NERFINISHED
NATO (politically and later militarily via air support)
surface form: NATO
English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
NATO (politically and later militarily via air support)
surface form: NATO
French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Erdut Croatian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Karlovo Bulgarian
autonomous province of Eastern Rumelia
surface form: Eastern Rumelia
Ottoman Turkish NERFINISHED
autonomous province of Eastern Rumelia
surface form: Eastern Rumelia
Bulgarian
Bidhannagar Bengali via predicate surface "languageOfficial" NERFINISHED
Bidhannagar English via predicate surface "languageOfficial" NERFINISHED
Jangipara Bengali NERFINISHED
Chanditala Bengali
Chanditala English
Champhai Mizo NERFINISHED
Champhai English
Istanbul City Hall Turkish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Tervate Dutch via predicate surface "officialLanguageOfRegion"
Cabildo de Gran Canaria Spanish
UNESCO World Heritage Site Byblos
surface form: Byblos
Arabic via predicate surface "officialLanguageCountry"
Hațeg Romanian
Coat of arms of Bashkortostan Russian
Coat of arms of Bashkortostan Bashkir NERFINISHED
Thespies, Greece Greek via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Durgapur subdivision Bengali via predicate surface "languageOfficial"