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
Villa Collemandina Italian
Molazzana Italian
Castiglione di Garfagnana Italian
Casar de Palomero Spanish
Villalba de los Barros Spanish
Paraná city
surface form: Paraná (city)
Spanish
Municipality of Santa Fe de la Vera Cruz Spanish via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Koppal City Municipal Council Kannada via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration" NERFINISHED
Imamate of Futa Jallon Arabic (religious and scholarly)
Pita French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Tougué French
Kailashahar Municipal Council Bengali via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Kailashahar Municipal Council English via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
South Tripura district Bengali via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
South Tripura district Kokborok via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Melaghar Bengali NERFINISHED
Melaghar Kokborok NERFINISHED
Melaghar English
North-Eastern Administrative Okrug Russian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
imperial university (Université impériale)
surface form: Imperial University (Université impériale)
French
Chickasaw Nation Headquarters in Ada, Oklahoma English via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Chickasaw Nation Headquarters in Ada, Oklahoma Chickasaw language via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration" NERFINISHED
Chickasaw Nation reservation English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Ständestaat German
People’s Committee of Nhân Chính Ward Vietnamese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Eluru Telugu NERFINISHED
Murang’a County English
Murang’a County Swahili NERFINISHED
Landensberg German
Republic of Guinea French
Republic of Guinea Fula via predicate surface "nationalLanguage" NERFINISHED
Republic of Guinea Maninka via predicate surface "nationalLanguage" NERFINISHED
Republic of Guinea Susu via predicate surface "nationalLanguage" NERFINISHED
Butyrsky District Russian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Dâmbovița County Romanian
Epps plantation English via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Los Santos Province Spanish
Kangirsuk French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Kangirsuk Inuktitut via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Farrukhabad district Hindi
Fuhlenbrock German
Regency of Toba Indonesian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Daryapur Marathi NERFINISHED
Dhamangaon Railway Marathi
Brucheville French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Catz French
Chef-du-Pont French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Écoquenéauville French
Gourbesville French
Liesville-sur-Douve French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"