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
Claußnitz German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Government of the Province of Catamarca Spanish via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Jagatballavpur Bengali NERFINISHED
Fuzuli Azerbaijani via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Changxing County Standard Chinese
city of Changxing
surface form: Changxing
Standard Chinese
Chris Hani District Municipality English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Chris Hani District Municipality isiXhosa via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Governing Body of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture Arabic via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Governing Body of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture Chinese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Governing Body of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Governing Body of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Governing Body of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture Russian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Governing Body of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Pradeshiya Sabhas Sinhala via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Pradeshiya Sabhas Tamil via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration" NERFINISHED
Italy and Africa Latin via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Highland English
Dormagen German
London
surface form: London (Kiritimati)
English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
London
surface form: London (Kiritimati)
Gilbertese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Bình Lục District Vietnamese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Kittsee German NERFINISHED
Kittsee German via predicate surface "administrativeLanguage"
Nova Pazova Serbian
Karmala Marathi NERFINISHED
Wells
surface form: Wells, British Columbia
English
Jhelum Urdu NERFINISHED
Jhelum Tehsil Urdu NERFINISHED
Sohawa Tehsil Urdu via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Dina Urdu NERFINISHED
창원시 한국어
Tuban port Indonesian via predicate surface "languageUsedInOfficialContext"
Tuban Regency Government Indonesian via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Piotrków Voivodeship Polish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Eijsden-Margraten Dutch via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Ravanusa, Italy
surface form: Ravanusa
Italian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Municipality of Bragança Portuguese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Sé, Santa Maria e Meixedo Portuguese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Samil Portuguese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Babe Portuguese language
surface form: Portuguese
Municipal Chamber of Guarda Portuguese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Municipal Chamber of Almodôvar Portuguese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Village of Daajing Giids Council English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Whitevale English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Ginir Oromo via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Ginir Amharic via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Delo Menna Oromo NERFINISHED
Delo Menna Amharic NERFINISHED
Gasera Afaan Oromo via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED