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
Khliehriat Khasi via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Khliehriat Pnar via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Meghalaya Legislative Assembly English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Göppingen German
Pfaffendorf German NERFINISHED
Merzig German
Quynh Loi Ward Vietnamese
Hadjout District Arabic via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Province of Cavite Filipino
Province of Cavite English
Sychyovsky District Russian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Parakar Armenian NERFINISHED
Jewar Hindi
Terrenceville English
Nagapattinam district Tamil NERFINISHED
Kickapoo Reservation in Kansas English
Kickapoo Reservation in Kansas Kickapoo language NERFINISHED
Uganda State House English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Uganda State House Swahili via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Ministry for Kampala and Metropolitan Affairs English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Region of Kymenlaakso Finnish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Ministerie van Defensie Nederlands
Municipality of El Puerto de Santa María Spanish
Prime Minister of Niger French via predicate surface "countryOfficialLanguage"
Lwengo District English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Vandiyur Tamil NERFINISHED
Heilsberg Polish via predicate surface "currentOfficialLanguage"
Shibli Hebrew via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Shibli Arabic via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Ventaquemada Municipality Spanish
Empoli Italian
Calenzano Italian
Metropolitan City of Prato Italian
Rimforsa Swedish NERFINISHED
Irkutsk Viceroyalty Russian via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Unstrut-Hainich-Kreis German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Parlasco Italian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Kaskinen Finnish
Kaskinen Swedish
Kurikka Finnish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Ilmajoki Finnish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Laihia municipal administration Finnish via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Chagigah (festival peace offering) Hebrew via predicate surface "languageOfLaw"
Garmisch-Partenkirchen district German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Dettenschwang German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Obermühlhausen German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Karaganda Region Kazakh via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Karaganda Region Russian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Bilaspur division Hindi via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Thirukkuvalai Tamil NERFINISHED