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
Colonia San Simón Tolnáhuac Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Salamanca Spanish
Brookeborough, County Fermanagh, Ireland English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Nanded Marathi
linked to: Marathi language
Apulia Italian
linked to: Italian language
Kabul Dari Persian
linked to: Persian language
Kabul Pashto
linked to: Pashto language
Cairo Governorate Arabic
Nariño Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Zaragoza Spanish
Malacca Malay
Mumbai Suburban district Marathi via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Florida Department of Management Services English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Penang Malay
Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai Marathi
Riobamba Spanish
Puducherry Tamil
Puducherry French
Puducherry English
Colonia Atlampa Spanish
Rakowicki Cemetery Polish
Dera Ismail Khan Urdu
linked to: Urdu language
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
linked to: KPK
Urdu
linked to: Urdu language
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
linked to: KP
Urdu
linked to: Urdu language
Government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Urdu
linked to: Urdu language
The Episcopal Church Center English via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Vilna Governorate Russian via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Tokelau Tokelauan
Tokelau English
Government of El Salvador Spanish via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Province of Como Italian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Georgina, Ontario English
Kingdom of Italy (Napoleonic)
linked to: Kingdom of Italy
Italian
Kingdom of Italy (Napoleonic)
linked to: Kingdom of Italy
French
Bureau International des Expositions French
Bureau International des Expositions English
Bureau International des Expositions Spanish
Bureau International des Expositions Russian
Bureau International des Expositions Arabic
Bureau International des Expositions Chinese
Trivella Italian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Khimki Russian
Birkirkara Maltese
Birkirkara English
Hank Aaron Award English
La Brède French
Horizontina Portuguese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Negros Occidental Hiligaynon
linked to: Hiligaynon language
Company rule in India English
Company rule in India Persian (early period)