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
Kalaqin Banner Standard Chinese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Kitchener–Waterloo metropolitan area English
Old Assyrian Empire Akkadian NERFINISHED
Samba district Hindi via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Samba district Urdu via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Samba district Dogri via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Chirag Delhi Hindi
Verkhorechye Russian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Montreal Urban Community (historical)
surface form: Montreal Urban Community
French
Montreal Urban Community (historical)
surface form: Montreal Urban Community
English
Benahavís Spanish
Government of the Province of Misiones Spanish via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Kalambo District Swahili via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Kalambo District English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Welper German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Winz-Baak German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Huangpu District Standard Chinese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Büttelborn German
Hergiswil German
Bellary district Kannada via predicate surface "languageOfficial" NERFINISHED
Seelingstädt German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Morsø Municipality Danish
Banyoles Catalan
Banyoles Spanish
Prime Minister of Serbia and Montenegro Serbian
Chandpur Sadar Upazila Bengali
Silvania Spanish
Cabrera Spanish
Pandi Spanish
San Bernardo, Cundinamarca Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Tibacuy Spanish
King of Ceylon English via predicate surface "officialLanguageOfRealm" NERFINISHED
King of Ceylon Sinhala via predicate surface "officialLanguageOfRealm"
King of Ceylon Tamil via predicate surface "officialLanguageOfRealm"
සීලෝන් රජය English
සීලෝන් රජය Sinhala NERFINISHED
සීලෝන් රජය Tamil NERFINISHED
Voinjama English via predicate surface "officialLanguageOfCountry" NERFINISHED
Foya English via predicate surface "officialLanguageOfCountry" NERFINISHED
Kolahun English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Vahun English via predicate surface "officialLanguageOfCountry" NERFINISHED
Gbarpolu County English
Tubmanburg English
Upington, Northern Cape, South Africa
surface form: Upington
Afrikaans
Upington, Northern Cape, South Africa
surface form: Upington
English
Diocese of Hispania Latin via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Valeria Latin via predicate surface "languageOfficial"
Diocese of Illyricum Latin via predicate surface "hadOfficialLanguage"
Windisch German
Bangor City F.C. English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"