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
Darjeeling subdivision Bengali via predicate surface "languageOfficial"
Darjeeling subdivision English via predicate surface "languageOfficial"
Andal Bengali via predicate surface "languageOfficial" NERFINISHED
Andal English via predicate surface "languageOfficial" NERFINISHED
Paschim Bardhaman Bengali NERFINISHED
Bally on the Howrah side Bengali
Diamond Harbour subdivision Bengali via predicate surface "languageOfficial"
Alipore Sadar subdivision Bengali
Canning subdivision Bengali via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Waigolshausen German
Lupane District English via predicate surface "administrativeLanguage"
Acquaviva delle Fonti Italian
Bajina Bašta Serbian
León Cortés Castro Spanish
Greenland and Iceland
surface form: Greenland
Greenlandic
Greenland and Iceland
surface form: Greenland
Danish
Greenland and Iceland
surface form: Iceland
Icelandic
Grand Anse Praslin English
Grand Anse Praslin French
Grand Anse Praslin Seychellois Creole NERFINISHED
Duji District Standard Chinese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Municipality of Suomussalmi Finnish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Préverenges French
Tolochenaz communal cemetery French via predicate surface "languageOfLocalAdministration"
Úžice Czech via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Autoridad de Aeronáutica Civil de Panamá Spanish
CAF
surface form: Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland
English
Cassano delle Murge Italian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Hai Duong Vietnamese
Dürrenzimmern German
Bhadohi district Hindi via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Bhadohi district Hindi via predicate surface "administrativeLanguage"
Moapa River Indian Reservation English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
North Minahasa Regency Indonesian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Menyuan Hui Autonomous County Standard Chinese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Hondarribia, Gipuzkoa, Spain
surface form: Hondarribia
Basque via predicate surface "languageOfficial" NERFINISHED
Hondarribia, Gipuzkoa, Spain
surface form: Hondarribia
Spanish via predicate surface "languageOfficial"
Hambantota Divisional Secretariat Sinhala via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration" NERFINISHED
Hambantota Divisional Secretariat Tamil via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Hambantota Divisional Secretariat English via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Bedigliora Italian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Curio Italian
Miglieglia Italian NERFINISHED
Novaggio Italian
Sessa Italian
Montegrino Valtravaglia Italian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Dumenza Italian NERFINISHED
Etobicoke Centre English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Etobicoke Centre French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
London North Centre English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"