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
Bangor City F.C. Welsh via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Thundridge Parish Council English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
World Organization of the Scout Movement English
World Organization of the Scout Movement French
World Organization of the Scout Movement Spanish
Bhavani Tamil NERFINISHED
Chotěboř Czech NERFINISHED
Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka
surface form: Andhra Pradesh
Telugu NERFINISHED
Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka
surface form: Karnataka
Kannada NERFINISHED
Cartagena del Chairá Spanish
Burgstädt German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Government of the Province of Santiago del Estero Spanish
Fufeng County Standard Chinese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Hexigten Banner Standard Chinese
Vijayawada district Telugu via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Ad-Damir Arabic
Shatsk Raion Ukrainian via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Faridganj Upazila Bengali
Gestapo in Warsaw German via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Sant Nagar Hindi
Sant Nagar English
Comune di Reggio nell’Emilia Italian
Sarre (French)
surface form: Sarre
German
Creta et Cyrenaica Latin
bouleuterion of Apollonia Ancient Greek via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Hasakah Governorate Arabic
North Delta English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
University of British Columbia Endowment Lands English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Pitt Lake area (unincorporated parts) English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
French Protectorate of Réunion (early protectorate arrangements before full colony status)
surface form: French Protectorate of Réunion
French NERFINISHED
village of Neu-Moresnet
surface form: Neu-Moresnet
German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
La Calamine French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
La Calamine German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Gummersbach German
Bruck an der Mur German NERFINISHED
Broglie French via predicate surface "usesOfficialLanguage"
Gournay-le-Guérin French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Guernanville French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Mesnil-sur-l'Estrée French
Les Places French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Rugles French
Sainte-Marguerite-de-l'Autel French
Tillières-sur-Avre French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
La Vieille-Lyre French
Emmendingen German
Alabama Department of Archives and History English
England, United Kingdom
surface form: England
English
City of Quinte West English
Sanniquellie English via predicate surface "officialLanguageOfCountry" NERFINISHED
Saclepea English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"