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
Algoz Portuguese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Linxi County Standard Chinese
Lutsk Raion Ukrainian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
American Athletic Conference Coach of the Year English
Lendinara Italian
Second Britain Latin via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Ruma Serbian NERFINISHED
Šid Serbian NERFINISHED
Inđija Serbian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Waregem Dutch
Pagsanjan Filipino NERFINISHED
Pagsanjan English
Kamin-Kashyrskyi Raion Ukrainian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Kamin-Kashyrskyi Raion Ukrainian via predicate surface "administrativeLanguage"
Eluru district Telugu NERFINISHED
Shahrasti Upazila Bengali via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Academy of the Arabic Language in Nouakchott Arabic via predicate surface "officialLanguageFocus" NERFINISHED
Cintray French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Brundidge, Alabama English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Elbigenalp German
Ratne Raion Ukrainian via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Nemyrów Ukrainian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Alipur
surface form: Alipur, Delhi
Hindi
Alipur
surface form: Alipur, Delhi
English
Roman province of Germania Superior
surface form: Germania Superior
Latin via predicate surface "administrativeLanguage"
Nanzhang County Standard Chinese
village of Louveciennes
surface form: Louveciennes
French
Ennery French
Town of Placentia English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Municipality of Placentia English via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Fort Plaisance French via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Beau Bois English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Creston South English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Nam-gu Office Korean via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Niederkassel (Düsseldorf) German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Hersbruck subcamp German via predicate surface "hasLanguageOfAdministration"
Holýšov subcamp German via predicate surface "hasLanguageOfAdministration"
Saal an der Donau subcamp German via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Belgian authorities Dutch via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Belgian authorities French via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Belgian authorities German via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Yennadon English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
The Ridge English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Junta de Freguesia de Boliqueime Portuguese via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
District of Metchosin English
Juan de Fuca Electoral Area English
Salt Spring Island Electoral Area English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Cau Den Ward Vietnamese
Dong Mac Ward Vietnamese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Pham Dinh Ho Ward Vietnamese