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
Cordeiro Portuguese
Mustardinha Portuguese language via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
surface form: Portuguese
Coelhos Portuguese
Coque Portuguese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguageOfCountry"
Nova Descoberta
surface form: Nova Descoberta (Recife)
Portuguese via predicate surface "officialLanguageOfWiderArea"
Hipódromo
surface form: Hipódromo (Recife)
Portuguese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Guabiraba Portuguese
Passarinho Portuguese language via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
surface form: Portuguese
Barro
surface form: Barro (Recife)
Portuguese language via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
surface form: Portuguese
Sancho Portuguese
Sancho Portuguese via predicate surface "administrativeLanguage"
Areias
surface form: Areias (Recife)
Portuguese language
surface form: Portuguese
Jardim São Paulo
surface form: Jardim São Paulo (Recife)
Portuguese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Iputinga Portuguese language via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
surface form: Portuguese
Zumbi
surface form: Zumbi (Recife)
Portuguese via predicate surface "officialLanguageOfCountry"
São José do Ribamar
surface form: São José do Ribamar (Recife)
Portuguese
Ilha do Zeca (Afogados) Portuguese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Paulista
surface form: Paulista (Pernambuco)
Portuguese language
surface form: Portuguese
Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro Portuguese
Federal District
surface form: Federal District (Brazil)
Portuguese
Quang Tri Province Vietnamese
Legislative Assembly of Paraíba Portuguese
Patos Portuguese language via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
surface form: Portuguese
Santa Rita
surface form: Santa Rita (Paraíba)
Portuguese
Bayeux Portuguese
Bayeux Portuguese language via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
surface form: Portuguese
Sousa Portuguese
Municipality of Niterói Portuguese via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Meitei language Manipur via predicate surface "officialLanguageOf"
Meitei language Manipur via predicate surface "isOfficialLanguageIn"
South Korean government Korean via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism of South Korea Korean
Montebelluna Italian
Eivissa Catalan
Eivissa Spanish
Saare County Estonian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Kingdom of Holland Dutch
Kingdom of Holland French
Taranto Italian
Bishopric of Vlissingen Middle Dutch via predicate surface "administrativeLanguage"
Liepāja, Latvia
surface form: Liepāja
Latvian
East Region
surface form: East Region (Cameroon)
French
East Region
surface form: East Region (Cameroon)
English
Colony of New Brunswick English
Indre-et-Loire department
surface form: Indre-et-Loire
French
Hawaii County English
Hawaii County Hawaiian
Palilula
surface form: Palilula (Belgrade)
Serbian
Jamnagar Municipal Corporation Gujarati via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Jamnagar Municipal Corporation English via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"