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
Jungar Banner Mongolian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Berchem district Dutch
Plauen subcamp German via predicate surface "hasLanguageOfAdministration"
District of Esquimalt English
Bende people Swahili via predicate surface "countryOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Bende people English via predicate surface "countryOfficialLanguage"
Hadjout Arabic
Bouharoun Arabic via predicate surface "officialLanguageOfCountry" NERFINISHED
Muldestausee German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Nilai, Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia
surface form: Nilai
Malay NERFINISHED
Burghalden German
Hütten German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Feusisberg German
Gheorgheni Romanian
Csíkszentmárton Romanian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Miercurea Nirajului Romanian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Ward 7 (Calgary) English via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Barangay Council of Malinta, Los Baños Filipino via predicate surface "languageOfOfficialBusiness"
Barangay Council of Malinta, Los Baños English via predicate surface "languageOfOfficialBusiness"
Euroregion Spree-Neiße-Bober German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Euroregion Spree-Neiße-Bober Polish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Esine Italian
Porto Recanati Italian
Protectorate of Cambodia within French Indochina Khmer NERFINISHED
Avaniapuram Tamil NERFINISHED
Srivilliputhur Tamil NERFINISHED
North West Delhi Lok Sabha constituency Hindi via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
North West Delhi Lok Sabha constituency English via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Diplomatic Enclave, Chanakyapuri Hindi via predicate surface "languageOfficial"
Diplomatic Enclave, Chanakyapuri English via predicate surface "languageOfficial"
Italian National Social Security Institute Italian
Pannaipuram, Theni district, Tamil Nadu, India
surface form: Pannaipuram
Tamil NERFINISHED
Department of Information and Public Relations Tamil Nadu Tamil NERFINISHED
Department of Information and Public Relations Tamil Nadu English
Purola Hindi via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Bhatwari Hindi via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Dunda Hindi via predicate surface "nationalLanguage" NERFINISHED
Rural Municipality of Gimli English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Rural Municipality of Bifrost-Riverton English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
historic centre of Mantua Italian
Chiping District Standard Chinese
Chiping District Mandarin Chinese NERFINISHED
Romont SO German
Rajka Hungarian
Regency of Miklós Horthy Hungarian
Government of National Unity (Hungary) Hungarian
Mityana District English
Mityana English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Sembabule English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Sembabule
surface form: Sembabule District
English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"