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
La Virginia Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Nagar Palika Parishad Mahoba Hindi via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration" NERFINISHED
Banda Lok Sabha constituency Hindi via predicate surface "hasLanguageOfAdministration" NERFINISHED
Tessin (French)
surface form: Tessin
Italian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Stadt Burgau German
Krumbach (Schwaben) German
Offingen German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Aislingen German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Rettenbach (Günzburg) German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Wiesenbach (Schwaben) German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Winterbach (Schwaben) German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
People's Committee of Ngọc Khánh Ward Vietnamese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Central Bank of the Republic of Guinea French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguageEnvironment"
Kimballton, Iowa English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Birsfelden German
Woburn, Quebec French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Government of The Gambia English
Marktoberdorf German
Ager Privernas Latin via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Khammam Municipal Corporation Telugu via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration" NERFINISHED
San Vicente del Raspeig Spanish
San Vicente del Raspeig Valencian
Fourth Judicial District of Louisiana English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Paciência Portuguese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Inhoaíba Portuguese via predicate surface "officialLanguageOfWiderRegion" NERFINISHED
Jardim Sulacap Portuguese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Anil
surface form: Anil (Rio de Janeiro)
Portuguese via predicate surface "officialLanguageOfCountry" NERFINISHED
Freguesia de Jacarepaguá Portuguese language
surface form: Portuguese
Tanque Portuguese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Praça Seca Portuguese via predicate surface "officialLanguageOfWiderRegion"
Mammolshain German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Schneidhain German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Blankenberge Dutch
Tipra language Tripura via predicate surface "isOfficialLanguageOf" NERFINISHED
Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council Kokborok via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council Bengali via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Dhalai
surface form: Dhalai district
Bengali via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Dhalai
surface form: Dhalai district
Kokborok via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Dhalai
surface form: Dhalai district
English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
North Tripura district Bengali NERFINISHED
North Tripura district Kokborok NERFINISHED
North Tripura district English
Government of Tripura English via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Government of Tripura Bengali via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Government of Tripura Kokborok via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration" NERFINISHED
Enkarterri Basque NERFINISHED
Enkarterri Spanish
Orduña town hall Spanish via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Orduña town hall Basque via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"