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
Kumbara Gudda Kannada NERFINISHED
Entracque Italian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Aguazul Spanish
Tauramena Spanish
Villanueva
surface form: Villanueva, Casanare
Spanish
Maní Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Chámeza Spanish
Recetor Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Pore Spanish
Támara Spanish
Flag of Casanare Spanish via predicate surface "languageOfOfficialUse"
Funza, Cundinamarca Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Tenjo, Cundinamarca Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Indramayu Regency Indonesian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Buk-gu
surface form: Buk-gu, Busan
Korean
Changning City Standard Chinese
Champawat district Hindi
Champawat district Sanskrit NERFINISHED
UHC
surface form: Uttarakhand High Court
English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
UHC
surface form: Uttarakhand High Court
Hindi via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Fréthun French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Municipal government of Lagos de Moreno Spanish via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Ameca Municipality Spanish
San Miguel el Alto Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Yahualica de González Gallo Spanish
Encarnación de Díaz Spanish
Unión de San Antonio Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Cañadas de Obregón Spanish
Ojuelos de Jalisco Spanish
El Grullo Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
El Limón Spanish
Juchitlán Spanish
Atengo Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Ayutla Spanish
Lagunas Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
San Martín Hidalgo Spanish
Etzatlán Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
San Juanito de Escobedo Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Hostotipaquillo Spanish
San Martín de Hidalgo Municipality Spanish
Judicial Branch of the State of Jalisco Spanish
Archdeaconry of Chesterfield English via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
’t Heen
surface form: 't Heen
Dutch
Village of Frankford English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Township of Sidney English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Township of Murray English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly Hindi via predicate surface "officialLanguageUsed" NERFINISHED
Home Department of Chhattisgarh Hindi via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration" NERFINISHED
Public Works Department of Chhattisgarh Hindi via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Department of Municipalities and Transport – Abu Dhabi Arabic