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
Gandaki Provincial Assembly Nepali NERFINISHED
Gadwal Telugu via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
African Union Development Agency-NEPAD English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
African Union Development Agency-NEPAD French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
African Union Development Agency-NEPAD Arabic via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
African Union Development Agency-NEPAD Portuguese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
African Union Development Agency-NEPAD Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
African Union Development Agency-NEPAD Kiswahili via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services English
Torres, Jaén, Spain Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
San José copper–gold mine Spanish via predicate surface "languageOfLocalAdministration"
Department of Technical Education, Government of Tamil Nadu Tamil via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Department of Technical Education, Government of Tamil Nadu English via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
northern Karnataka
surface form: Northern Karnataka
Kannada via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Los Angeles City Council District 7 English via predicate surface "languageOfOfficialBusiness"
Quarto Italian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Earldom of Cornwall Latin via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Earldom of Cornwall Anglo‑Norman French via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration" NERFINISHED
Earldom of Cornwall Middle English via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration" NERFINISHED
Democratic Party of Equatorial Guinea Spanish
Ярославский район русский язык
Küblis German
Luzein German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Fideris German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Jenaz German
Conters im Prättigau German
Schiers German via predicate surface "languageOfficial"
Grüsch German
Seewis im Prättigau German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Furna German
FIFA (indirectly through AFC)
surface form: FIFA
English
FIFA (indirectly through AFC)
surface form: FIFA
French
FIFA (indirectly through AFC)
surface form: FIFA
German
FIFA (indirectly through AFC)
surface form: FIFA
Spanish
FIFA (indirectly through AFC)
surface form: FIFA
Portuguese language
surface form: Portuguese
FIFA (indirectly through AFC)
surface form: FIFA
Arabic
FIFA (indirectly through AFC)
surface form: FIFA
Russian
Municipality of Cadereyta Jiménez Spanish
Municipality of Gualeguaychú Spanish via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Schattdorf German
Chikhli Marathi via predicate surface "stateOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Nittedal Norwegian NERFINISHED
Pravdinsky District Russian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Tradate Italian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Airmyn Parish Council English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
The Snowy Peaks National Natural Park Spanish via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
An Baile Meánach English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Municipality of Puerto Cabello Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
municipality of Hulst Dutch via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
La Oliva municipality Spanish