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
Huu-ay-aht First Nations Nuu-chah-nulth language via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Jangipur Assembly constituency Bengali via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Jangipur Assembly constituency English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Bilaspur division (Chhattisgarh) Hindi via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
State House, Nairobi English via predicate surface "hasLanguageOfAdministration"
State House, Nairobi Swahili via predicate surface "hasLanguageOfAdministration"
Sint-Lievens-Houtem Dutch
Theni district Tamil NERFINISHED
Ciudad Insurgentes Spanish
Cachoeiras de Macacu Portuguese language
surface form: Portuguese
Belarusian Governorate Russian via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Livonia Governorate Russian via predicate surface "administrativeLanguage"
Sublime State of Persia Persian NERFINISHED
Aquismón Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Municipality of Catorce Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Municipality of Matehuala Spanish
Municipality of Matehuala Spanish via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Congreso del Estado de San Luis Potosí Spanish
La Vega
surface form: La Vega, Cundinamarca
Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Nimaima Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Supatá Spanish
Vergara Spanish
Vianí Spanish
Velden, Bavaria German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Belagavi division Kannada via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Kalghatgi Kannada NERFINISHED
Kundgol Kannada NERFINISHED
Hejian, Zhili, Qing dynasty Classical Chinese via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration" NERFINISHED
Jowai Municipal Board English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Jowai Municipal Board Khasi (regional use, where applicable) via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Jowai Municipal Board Pnar (regional use, where applicable) via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Carmarthen East and Dinefwr English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Carmarthen East and Dinefwr Welsh via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Junta Superior Gubernativa of Costa Rica Spanish via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Bay region Somali NERFINISHED
Bakool region Somali NERFINISHED
Office of the President of Ethiopia Amharic via predicate surface "officialLanguageUsed" NERFINISHED
Derg regime Amharic NERFINISHED
Oroqen Autonomous Banner Standard Chinese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Tuyen Quang Province
surface form: Tuyên Quang Province
Vietnamese
Province of Rizal Filipino
Province of Rizal English
Gilsdorf Luxembourgish NERFINISHED
Gilsdorf French
Gilsdorf German
Wuyuan County Standard Chinese
Canelones Department Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Madurai district Tamil
Navalgund Kannada NERFINISHED
Obertraubling subcamp German via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"