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
Dahme-Spreewald district German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Tajiri, Osaka Japanese
PN Tetum via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
PN Portuguese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Giarmata-Vii Romanian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Detran-DF Portuguese language
surface form: Portuguese
Comune di Forio Italian
Prosecutor-General’s Office
surface form: Prosecutor-General’s Office of Timor-Leste
Portuguese via predicate surface "officialLanguageUsed"
Prosecutor-General’s Office
surface form: Prosecutor-General’s Office of Timor-Leste
Tetum via predicate surface "officialLanguageUsed" NERFINISHED
Politics of Timor-Leste Portuguese via predicate surface "officialLanguageInPolitics"
Bernissart Belgium
surface form: Bernissart
French
Truro City Council English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Tianjin Port Free Trade Zone Chinese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Ranchi district Hindi via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Ranchi Municipal Corporation Hindi via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Ranchi Municipal Corporation English via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Ndzuwani Comorian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Ndzuwani Arabic via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Ndzuwani French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Saffron Walden Town Council English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Pilón Spanish
Media Luna Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Yara Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Campechuela Spanish
Guisa Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Buey Arriba Spanish
Bartolomé Masó Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Bolivian Football Federation Spanish
AFF English
JFA
surface form: Japan Football Association
Japanese
WE League Japanese
Indian Women's League English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Indian Women's League Hindi via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Godbout, Quebec French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Nazyan District Pashto via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Hesarak District Pashto via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Hesarak District Dari via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Rodat District Pashto via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Rodat District Dari via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Comune di Prato Italian
Comune di Prato Italian via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Babbie English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Calcurrupe Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Rijsoord Dutch via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Budyšin German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Strømmen Norwegian Bokmål via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Fet municipality Norwegian via predicate surface "languageOfficial"
Fet municipality Bokmål via predicate surface "languageOfficial" NERFINISHED
Sørum municipality Norwegian via predicate surface "languageOfficial" NERFINISHED
Rælingen Norwegian via predicate surface "languageOfficial" NERFINISHED