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
Kassanda
surface form: Kassanda District
English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
British Protectorate of Uganda English
Busoga English
Toro Rutooro NERFINISHED
Martigny District French
Ottignies French
Government of the Province of Río Negro Spanish via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Mylavaram
surface form: Mylavaram (Assembly constituency)
Telugu NERFINISHED
Dazu District Standard Chinese
Kırcaali Bulgarian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture Standard Chinese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Dietenheim an der Iller German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Junín Spanish
Tecámac Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Bo township Vietnamese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Timarpur Hindi
Pargas (Parainen)
surface form: Pargas
Finnish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Pargas (Parainen)
surface form: Pargas
Swedish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Çubuklu Turkish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Tokatköy Turkish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Çiğdem neighborhood Turkish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Zempoala Spanish
Zapotlán de Juárez Spanish
San Agustín Tlaxiaca Spanish
Mineralogical Society of Great Britain and Ireland English
Gokak Kannada NERFINISHED
Chikkodi Kannada NERFINISHED
Athani Kannada NERFINISHED
Khanapur Kannada NERFINISHED
Savadatti Kannada NERFINISHED
Hukkeri Kannada NERFINISHED
Stadtbezirk Bonn (Stadtbezirk)
surface form: Stadtbezirk Bonn
German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
ACC Championship Game English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Alvito (parish) Portuguese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Vila Nova da Baronia (parish)
surface form: Vila Nova da Baronia
Portuguese language
surface form: Portuguese
Entradas Portuguese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Santa Bárbara de Padrões Portuguese language
surface form: Portuguese
São Marcos da Ataboeira Portuguese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Sabóia Portuguese language
surface form: Portuguese
Boavista dos Pinheiros Portuguese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Luzianes-Gare Portuguese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Relíquias Portuguese language
surface form: Portuguese
São Martinho das Amoreiras Portuguese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Pedrógão Portuguese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Selmes Portuguese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Cuba (municipality) Portuguese language
surface form: Portuguese
Toledo City Hall Spanish via predicate surface "primaryLanguageOfAdministration"
Duchy of Amalfi Latin NERFINISHED
Székelykeresztúr Romanian NERFINISHED
Linqing City Standard Chinese