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
Boom, Belgium Dutch
Boom, Belgium Dutch via predicate surface "administrativeLanguage"
TomorrowWorld English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Culture Beat English
Haubersbronn German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
El Cascajo Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Albán Spanish
Leuwidamar District Indonesian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Klang District Malay via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
royal palace Istana Alam Shah (in Klang)
surface form: Istana Alam Shah
Malay via predicate surface "languageOfOfficialUse"
Subang Jaya City Council Malay via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Subang Jaya City Council English via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
MBSJ Malay via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
MBSJ English via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Sepang (federal constituency) Malay via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Bangunan Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Shah Malay via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
state government of Selangor
surface form: State Government of Selangor
Malay
Eversley Parish Council English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Dolj County Romanian
Galela people Indonesian via predicate surface "countryOfficialLanguage"
Dongsheng District Standard Chinese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
West Siang district English
Lower Siang district English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Lower Siang district Hindi via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Naharlagun English
Kamang people Indonesian via predicate surface "countryOfficialLanguage"
Pura people Indonesian via predicate surface "nationalLanguage"
Nago City government Japanese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
New Durham, Ontario English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Merapoh Malay NERFINISHED
SSR Georgia Georgian NERFINISHED
SSR Georgia Russian
Гжатский уезд русский язык via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
IEEE membership grades English via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Felanitx, Mallorca, Spain
surface form: Felanitx
Catalan via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Felanitx, Mallorca, Spain
surface form: Felanitx
Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
First Extraordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops (1969) Latin via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
First Extraordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops (1969) Italian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Pahang state government Malay via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Großjena German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
municipality of Seia Portuguese language
surface form: Portuguese
municipality of Covilhã Portuguese language
surface form: Portuguese
municipality of Manteigas
surface form: Manteigas
Portuguese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
municipality of Celorico da Beira
surface form: Celorico da Beira
Portuguese language
surface form: Portuguese
Sidama Region Sidama language NERFINISHED
Sidama Region Amharic NERFINISHED
modern village of Hnaberd Armenian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Garcia, Nuevo León
surface form: García, Nuevo León
Spanish
Plötz German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Schlettau German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"