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
Crato Portuguese
Tianguá Portuguese language
surface form: Portuguese
Baturité Portuguese language
surface form: Portuguese
São Gonçalo do Amarante Portuguese
Legislative Assembly of Ceará Portuguese
Robledo de Chavela, near Madrid, Spain
surface form: Robledo de Chavela
Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Grand Council of Valais French
Grand Council of Valais German
Nowy Targ County Polish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Southern Ute Indian Reservation English
Parliament of Andalusia Spanish
East Flanders Dutch
Tla’amin Nation Tla’amin language via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Tla’amin Nation English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Trondheim Norwegian
Kannur Malayalam
Corumbá Portuguese language
surface form: Portuguese
Cajueiro Portuguese
Binh Long Province Vietnamese via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Avon, Seine-et-Marne French
Navajo Nation Council English
Navajo Nation Council Navajo language
Mariehamn Swedish language via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
surface form: Swedish
Drimmelen Dutch
Santanyí Catalan via predicate surface "languageOfficial"
Santanyí Spanish via predicate surface "languageOfficial"
East Asia Summit English
FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup English
FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup French
FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup Spanish
FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup German
FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup Arabic
FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup Portuguese
Mohegan Indian Reservation English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Nossa Senhora do Socorro Portuguese language via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
surface form: Portuguese
Lagarto Portuguese
Legislative Assembly of Sergipe Portuguese
Court of Justice of Sergipe Portuguese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Wynnewood, Oklahoma, United States
surface form: Wynnewood, Oklahoma
English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
National Capital Commission English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
National Capital Commission French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport Bengali via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguageEnvironment"
Sant Martí de Tous Catalan
Sant Martí de Tous Spanish
Northern Region English
Kärdla Estonian
Macaxeira Portuguese language via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
surface form: Portuguese
Pombal Portuguese language via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
surface form: Portuguese
Pákozd Hungarian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Zadar County Croatian