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
Wemmel Dutch
Kraśnik County Polish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Sri Sathya Sai district Telugu
Puttaparthi Telugu NERFINISHED
Suratgarh Hindi
Singha Durbar Nepali via predicate surface "languageOfOfficialUse"
French Zone of Occupied Germany German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Florida Senate Republicans English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
State Board of Administration English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Agglomération de Longueuil French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Changlang district English
Changlang district Hindi
Government of Arunachal Pradesh English via predicate surface "officialLanguageOfAdministration"
Estância de Baixo Portuguese via predicate surface "countryOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Tocco da Casauria Italian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Collecorvino Italian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Villa Celiera Italian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Ljubljana Zoo Slovene via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Northern Province, Zambia English
Mbala English
Annamayya district Telugu NERFINISHED
municipality of Kythira Greek
Stayton English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Satun Thai NERFINISHED
Le Vésinet French
Baasrode Dutch via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Malvik Norwegian via predicate surface "languageOfficial" NERFINISHED
UNESCO International Literacy Prizes English via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
UNESCO International Literacy Prizes French via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Großkrausnik German
Tingkhong Assamese NERFINISHED
Naharkatia Assembly constituency Assamese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Tinum (town)
surface form: Tinum
Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Xcalacoop San Isidro Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Xcalakoop San Isidro Labrador Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Virolahti Finnish
Hanumangarh Hindi
Hanumangarh Rajasthani NERFINISHED
Rawatsar Hindi
Nohar Hindi via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Port-de-Paix, Haiti
surface form: Port-de-Paix
French
Lieshan District Chinese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Boussif Ouled Askeur Arabic
Boussif Ouled Askeur Arabic via predicate surface "nationalLanguage"
North Cachar Hills district Assamese NERFINISHED
Nan province Thai
Rabha Hasong Autonomous Council Assamese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Rabha Hasong Autonomous Council Rabha language via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Rabha Hasong Autonomous Council area in Assam Assamese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Los Patios Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"