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
Tuni Telugu NERFINISHED
Samarlakota Telugu NERFINISHED
Rajamahendravaram revenue division Telugu via predicate surface "languageOfficial" NERFINISHED
Amalapuram revenue division Telugu via predicate surface "administrativeLanguage" NERFINISHED
state of Cao Wei
surface form: Cao Wei
Classical Chinese NERFINISHED
British colonial administration in Sudan English
British colonial administration in Sudan Arabic
Ministry of Health of the Kurdistan Region Kurdish
Ministry of Health of the Kurdistan Region Arabic
Ministry of Municipalities and Tourism of the Kurdistan Region Kurdish
Ministry of Municipalities and Tourism of the Kurdistan Region Arabic
Ministry of Agriculture and Water Resources of the Kurdistan Region Kurdish
Ministry of Agriculture and Water Resources of the Kurdistan Region Arabic
Ministry of Culture and Youth of the Kurdistan Region Kurdish
Ministry of Culture and Youth of the Kurdistan Region Sorani Kurdish NERFINISHED
Ministry of Culture and Youth of the Kurdistan Region Kurmanji Kurdish NERFINISHED
Ministry of Planning of the Kurdistan Region Kurdish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
KRG Representation in the United Kingdom Kurdish
KRG Representation in the United Kingdom English
Tintigny French
Habay French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Blosville French
Hiesville French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Picauville French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Saint-Martin-de-Varreville French
Sainteny French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Altenhain German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Sambhal Hindi
Moguer Spanish
Lepe Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Les Ferres French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Pescaglia Italian
Piazza al Serchio Italian
Peren district English
Ixtlán District Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Benemérito Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
commune of Saint-Maur-des-Fossés
surface form: Saint-Maur-des-Fossés
French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
International Renewable Energy Agency Arabic via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
International Renewable Energy Agency Chinese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
International Renewable Energy Agency English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
International Renewable Energy Agency French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
International Renewable Energy Agency Russian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
International Renewable Energy Agency Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Al Ḥudūd ash Shamāliyah Arabic
Clark Development Corporation English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Clark Development Corporation Filipino via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Pickering—Uxbridge English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Pickering—Uxbridge French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Gmina Orzysz Polish
Gmina Dźwierzuty Polish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"