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
Malchina Italian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Tianjin municipal government headquarters Standard Chinese via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Yeonsu-dong Korean
Imphal West district Meitei NERFINISHED
Imphal West district English
Atabey District Turkish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Kleverskerke Dutch via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Kontich Dutch
Nyasaland English
German Valley, Illinois English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Rüttenen German
Schimatari Greek NERFINISHED
Sour El Ghozlane Arabic via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
M’Chedallah Arabic via predicate surface "officialLanguageOfCountry" NERFINISHED
Haizer Arabic via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Aomar Arabic
Aomar Berber via predicate surface "nationalLanguage" NERFINISHED
Bir Ghbalou Arabic via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
El Asnam Arabic via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Ath Mansour Arabic via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Bouderbala Arabic via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Bouderbala Tamazight via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Chorfa Arabic
Hadjera Zerga Arabic via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Saharidj Arabic
Saharidj Tamazight NERFINISHED
Souk El Khemis Arabic via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Médéa Province Arabic
Omitlán de Juárez Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Singuilucan Spanish
Draâ Ben Khedda Arabic
Court of Justice of the African Union Arabic via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Court of Justice of the African Union English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Court of Justice of the African Union French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Court of Justice of the African Union Portuguese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Court of Justice of the African Union Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Court of Justice of the African Union Kiswahili via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Sint-Genesius-Rode Dutch
Akola Municipal Corporation Marathi via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Akola Municipal Corporation English via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Épron French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Biéville-Beuville French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Secqueville-en-Bessin French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Pompey, New York English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Titagarh Municipality Bengali via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Titagarh Municipality English via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Kakdwip Bengali NERFINISHED
Pančevo Serbian NERFINISHED
Amdanga Bengali NERFINISHED
Amdanga English