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
Gyalshing district English
Gyalshing district Nepali
Gyalshing district Sikkimese
Gyalshing district Lepcha NERFINISHED
Tha Song Yang District Thai via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
État français French
La Tour-de-Peilz French
Tuapsinsky District Russian via predicate surface "administrativeLanguage"
Kalyana-Karnataka region Kannada via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Comarca of Las Palmas (Gran Canaria) Spanish
Berrahal District Arabic
Bagalkot taluk Kannada NERFINISHED
Mudhol taluk Kannada NERFINISHED
Mubaira English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Office of the State Superintendent of Education English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Ancón, Panama City, Panama Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Säter Municipality Swedish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Falun Municipality Swedish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Ånge Municipality Swedish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Runemo Swedish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Tiruppur City Municipal Corporation Tamil via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Mettupalayam Tamil NERFINISHED
Aïn El Hadjar Arabic via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Fontiveros, Ávila, Crown of Castile
surface form: Fontiveros
Spanish
Marchena Spanish
Ali Mardan Khalji Persian via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Lakhnauti (in Bengal)
surface form: Lakhnauti
Persian via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Aratoca Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Vélez Municipality Spanish
Santander
surface form: Santander (department)
Spanish
Chaco Provincial Legislature Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Saint-Martin-lès-Melle French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
La Chambre French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Karniow Czech via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Kurnool district Telugu NERFINISHED
Fuerteventura metropolitan area Spanish
Belgian First Division B Dutch
Belgian First Division B French
Selvazzano Dentro Italian NERFINISHED
Conil Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Le Luc French
Les Salles-sur-Verdon French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Ålgård Bokmål via predicate surface "officialLanguageForm" NERFINISHED
Sirdal Norwegian via predicate surface "languageOfficial" NERFINISHED
Scotland, United Kingdom
surface form: Scotland
English
Boechout Dutch NERFINISHED
Hove Dutch via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Lint Dutch
Niel Dutch via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Ranst Dutch