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
Garafía Spanish
Puntagorda Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Tijarafe Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Municipality of Guaduas Spanish
Arucas Spanish
Westmount French
Westmount English
Girón Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Jujuy Province Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Coonoor Tamil
Superior Court of the District of Columbia English
Evenes Municipality Norwegian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Yaiza Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Günsberg German
Chandrapur
surface form: Chandrapur district
Marathi language via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
surface form: Marathi
Kōchi Prefecture, Japan
surface form: Kōchi Prefecture
Japanese
canton of Nidwalden German
Le Cannet French
Schaffhausen German
Paraná Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Luba Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
AFC U-20 Asian Cup English
AFC U-20 Asian Cup Arabic
AFC U-20 Asian Cup French
AFC U-20 Asian Cup Spanish
AFC U-20 Asian Cup Portuguese
AFC U-20 Asian Cup German
AFC U-20 Asian Cup Russian
AFC U-20 Asian Cup Chinese
AFC U-20 Asian Cup Japanese
AFC U-20 Asian Cup Korean
Seal of the State of Oregon English
Arizona Game and Fish Department English
Hubei Provincial Department of Culture and Tourism Chinese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Organization Department of the Chinese Communist Party Central Committee Standard Chinese
Shennongjia Forestry District Standard Chinese
Somma Lombardo Italian
Municipality of Guadalupe Spanish
San Fernando Spanish
Balurghat Bengali
Balurghat English
Baharampur Bengali
Agartala Bengali
Agartala English
Saint-Marcel-d'Ardèche French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Caquetá Department Spanish
Archdeaconry of Salford English via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Grimma German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Pegau German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Frohburg German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"