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
Football Federation of Kosovo Albanian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Football Federation of Kosovo Serbian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Koraput district Odia NERFINISHED
Malkangiri region of Odisha
surface form: Malkangiri district
Odia via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Sobinka Russian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
San Giovanni Teatino Italian
Duchy of Jägerndorf German via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Duchy of Jägerndorf Czech via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Schoten Dutch
Groenenhoek Dutch via predicate surface "officialLanguageOfRegion"
Grevenbroich German NERFINISHED
Ernakulam Malayalam NERFINISHED
Ernakulam English
Deputy Secretary-General
surface form: Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations
English
Deputy Secretary-General
surface form: Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations
French
Scafa Italian
Bussi sul Tirino Italian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Farindola Italian NERFINISHED
Cugnoli Italian
Castilenti Italian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Brittoli Italian
Vicoli Italian NERFINISHED
Abbateggio Italian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Lettomanoppello Italian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Serramonacesca Italian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Pescosansonesco Italian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Corvara Italian NERFINISHED
Turrivalignani Italian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Nocciano Italian
Assembly of French Polynesia French
Assembly of French Polynesia Tahitian
Sadulshahar Hindi
Devikulam taluk Malayalam
Devikulam taluk English
Želva Lithuanian
Diputación Provincial de Santa Cruz de Tenerife Spanish via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Hod HaSharon Hebrew via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Archdeacon of Aberdeen Latin via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Archdeacon of Aberdeen Scots via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration" NERFINISHED
Munster German
KAC Korean via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Public Health Agency of Sweden Swedish
Armenia
surface form: Armenia (Quindío)
Spanish
Department of Tolima Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Callander
surface form: Callander, Ontario
English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Dong-gu
surface form: Dong-gu, Daegu
Korean
Pessamit (Betsiamites) First Nation French
Vufflens-le-Château French
El Palmar
surface form: El Palmar (Tenerife)
Spanish
Holzkirchen German