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
Longchamps French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Gmina Ruciane-Nida Polish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Dai Viet Vietnamese
Venteuil French
Oberwaltersdorf German
Klausen-Leopoldsdorf German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Tourville-sur-Arques French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Marewijk Dutch via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Yambol Province Bulgarian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Nauendorf German
Shizong County Standard Chinese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Rottenburg am Neckar German NERFINISHED
Xiangzhou District Chinese
Kaysersberg, Erzurum Vilayet, Ottoman Empire Ottoman Turkish via predicate surface "hasLanguageOfAdministration" NERFINISHED
Ada Serbian
Chidambaram, Tamil Nadu, India Tamil
Siguiri French
Widdersberg German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Khojavend District Azerbaijani via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Tammela Finnish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Eberfing German
Buckow German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Oakwood
surface form: Oakwood, Missouri
English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Kusatsu Japanese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Lawnside, New Jersey English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Sangisari people Persian via predicate surface "countryOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Valckenierstraat Dutch via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
People's Committee of Hạ Đình Ward Vietnamese via predicate surface "administrativeLanguage"
Phường Thượng Đình Tiếng Việt
Pisz County Polish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Nidzica County Polish
Gmina Zalewo Polish
Angul district Odia
Angul district Odia via predicate surface "administrativeLanguage" NERFINISHED
uMngeni Local Municipality English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
uMngeni Local Municipality isiZulu via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Nuqat al Khams District Arabic via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
T’Sou-ke Nation English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
T’Sou-ke Nation Hul’q’umi’num’ (Coast Salish language) via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Sanaa Governorate Arabic
Department of Education, Bihar Hindi via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration" NERFINISHED
Department of Education, Bihar English via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration" NERFINISHED
Saran division English via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Peel
surface form: Regional Municipality of Peel
English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Bankura district, West Bengal, India
surface form: Bankura district
Bengali NERFINISHED
Arambagh subdivision Bengali
Federal Antimonopoly Service of Russia Russian
Timurid Central Asia Persian via predicate surface "administrativeLanguage"
Orekhovo-Borisovo Yuzhnoye District Russian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
West Godavari district Telugu NERFINISHED