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
United States of Colombia Spanish
ستارہ امتیاز اردو NERFINISHED
Santo Cristo area
surface form: Santo Cristo
Portuguese language
surface form: Portuguese
Seri Menanti Malay via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Tampin Malay NERFINISHED
Rembau, Negeri Sembilan Malay NERFINISHED
Jelebu, Negeri Sembilan
surface form: Jelebu
Malay NERFINISHED
Pertang Malay
Simpang Pertang Malay via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Ulu Klawang Malay via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Kuala Kelawang (alternative spelling of Kuala Klawang)
surface form: Kuala Klawang
Malay via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Jelebu (P126) Malay via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Schüpfen German
Wiggiswil German NERFINISHED
Deisswil bei Münchenbuchsee German
Minusio Italian
Kurnool Municipal Corporation Telugu via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
municipality of Antwerp Dutch
Mercy-le-Haut French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Bureau of Local Government Finance Filipino via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Bureau of Local Government Finance English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Philippine Deposit Insurance Corporation English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Philippine Deposit Insurance Corporation Filipino via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Department of Instruction
surface form: Department of Instruction (Philippines)
English via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration" NERFINISHED
Department of Instruction
surface form: Department of Instruction (Philippines)
Spanish via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Department of Instruction
surface form: Department of Instruction (Philippines)
Filipino languages via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration" NERFINISHED
Department of Education, Culture and Sports English
Department of Education, Culture and Sports Filipino NERFINISHED
PNP
surface form: Philippine National Police
Filipino
PNP
surface form: Philippine National Police
English
Place de la Bourse French
Nerima City Office Japanese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Urad Front Banner Standard Chinese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Urad Middle Banner Standard Chinese
Urad Middle Banner Mongolian
Urad Rear Banner Standard Chinese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Urad Rear Banner Mongolian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Deshnoke Hindi via predicate surface "languageOfficial" NERFINISHED
Lunkaransar Hindi
District Administration Bikaner Hindi via predicate surface "primaryLanguageOfAdministration"
Kolayat tehsil Hindi via predicate surface "usesOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Pewamo, Michigan English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
District of Le Locle French
Bahçelievler Turkish NERFINISHED
Vélez-Málaga Spanish
Government of the Province of La Pampa Spanish via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Diqing Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture Standard Chinese
Koulikoro Region French
Baokang County Standard Chinese
Jungar Banner Standard Chinese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED