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
Basirhat subdivision Bengali via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Kamarhati Municipality Bengali via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Kamarhati Municipality English via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Kokrajhar district Assamese
Kokrajhar district Bodo NERFINISHED
Kokrajhar district English
Lugrin French
Kılıç Ali Pasha Ottoman Turkish via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
island of Sark
surface form: Sark
English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
island of Sark
surface form: Sark
French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Kolkata Municipal Corporation Bengali NERFINISHED
Kolkata Municipal Corporation English
Municipality of Amatlán de Cañas Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Norræna ráðherranefndin Danish
Norræna ráðherranefndin Norwegian NERFINISHED
Norræna ráðherranefndin Swedish
Amazonas Department (Colombia) Spanish
Germán Busch Province Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Yi County Standard Chinese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Kamakhya Devalaya management committee Assamese via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Kamakhya Devalaya management committee English via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Garo language Meghalaya (for Garo-speaking areas, alongside English and Khasi) via predicate surface "isOfficialLanguageOf"
Kolasib district Mizo via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Kolasib district English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Sairang Mizo NERFINISHED
Sairang English
Mamit Mizo via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Mamit English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Meimsheim German
Zhuzhou Municipal People's Government Standard Chinese
School Education Department, Government of West Bengal Bengali via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
School Education Department, Government of West Bengal English via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
State Secretariat, Nabanna, Howrah Bengali via predicate surface "primaryLanguageOfAdministration"
Belgian Federal Public Service buildings Dutch via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Belgian Federal Public Service buildings French via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Belgian Federal Public Service buildings German via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Ovada Italian
Camino Italian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Rosignano Monferrato Italian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Terruggia Italian
Castagnole delle Lanze Italian
Castelnuovo Don Bosco Italian
Kalao Island, South Sulawesi Indonesian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Lane Cove Council English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Hondarribia Basque NERFINISHED
Hondarribia Spanish
Buzău Romanian
Dispur Assamese NERFINISHED
Dispur English
Salt Lake City Bengali via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED