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
Polillo English
Gasan Filipino NERFINISHED
Gasan English
Provincial Government of Marinduque Filipino via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Provincial Government of Marinduque English via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Alpestre Portuguese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Águas de Chapecó Portuguese language
surface form: Portuguese
New Hampshire State Prison for Women English via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Lasne-Chapelle-Saint-Lambert French
Couture-Saint-Germain French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Ciney French
Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Nieuwdorp Dutch NERFINISHED
Oerlinghausen German NERFINISHED
Dur Baba District Pashto via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Alauddin Firuz Shah Persian via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Gudivada Telugu via predicate surface "languageOfficial" NERFINISHED
Haslach German
Zusenhofen German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Malkapur Marathi NERFINISHED
Sørum Norwegian
Taishan District Standard Chinese
Sindh High Court English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Sindh High Court Urdu via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Srbsko Czech via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Municipality of San Miguel de Tucumán Spanish
Walldorf German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Oviedo City Council Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Oviedo City Council Asturian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Duchy of Lancaster Council English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Neuve-Chapelle French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Barano d’Ischia Italian
Yahatahigashi-ku Japanese
Arosa German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Ballarpur Marathi NERFINISHED
Bandar-e Lengeh Persian via predicate surface "nationalLanguage" NERFINISHED
Zgorzelec County Polish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Vasai-Virar Marathi NERFINISHED
Sant’Angelo in Vado Italian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Börtlingen German NERFINISHED
Kindelbrück German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Kvæfjord Municipality Norwegian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Romblomanon people Filipino via predicate surface "nationalLanguage" NERFINISHED
Romblomanon people English via predicate surface "nationalLanguage"
Cardeñosa Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Nkasi District Swahili NERFINISHED
Nkasi District English
Paete Filipino
Paete English
El Nido Filipino via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED