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
Gembloux French
Government of the Province of Neuquén Spanish
Holzgau German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Kalenberg German NERFINISHED
Hanggin Banner Standard Chinese
Stulln subcamp German via predicate surface "hasLanguageOfAdministration"
Gaotang County Standard Chinese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Nokha Hindi
Nokha Rajasthani
Mandello del Lario Italian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Silkeborg Danish
Mangalagiri Telugu NERFINISHED
Puerto Caicedo Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Uxin Banner Standard Chinese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Gouraya District Arabic via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Lang Son Province Vietnamese
Nungambakkam Tamil NERFINISHED
Kuala Klawang Malay via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Guairá Department Spanish
Guairá Department Guaraní NERFINISHED
Jhajjar Branch Canal Hindi via predicate surface "languageOfLocalAdministration"
Yanggu County Standard Chinese
Lwengo
surface form: Lwengo District
English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
State Bureau of Investigations of Ukraine Ukrainian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Landkreis Ravensburg German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Maselheim German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
South West Khasi Hills district English
Alor Gajah District Malay NERFINISHED
Dadri Hindi
Juasseh Malay NERFINISHED
Ulu Jempol Malay via predicate surface "officialLanguageOfWiderRegion"
Ampang Tinggi Malay via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Parit Tinggi Malay via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Mahsan Malay NERFINISHED
Rompin Malay NERFINISHED
Serting Malay via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Centurione II Zaccaria Latin via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Chance Liga Czech
Skopun Faroese NERFINISHED
Sandur Municipality Faroese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Scandicci Italian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
La Baie borough French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Cartago (Valle del Cauca) Spanish
Bigallo Italian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Ortanella Italian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Cortenova Italian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Qods Persian NERFINISHED
Central District of Qods County Persian NERFINISHED
سازمان برنامه و بودجه کشور زبان فارسی
معاونت امور زنان و خانواده رئیس‌جمهور زبان فارسی NERFINISHED