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
Centro Sur French
Centro Sur Portuguese
Wele-Nzas Spanish
Wele-Nzas French
Wele-Nzas Portuguese
Cherry Valley, Ontario English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Cherry Valley, Ontario French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
San José
surface form: San José, Caldas
Spanish
Valmiera Latvian
Kaarina Finnish
Kaarina Swedish
Åboland Swedish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Al-Quway'iyah Arabic
Thadiq Arabic
Landeck German
Landkreis Heidenheim Deutsch
Parksville English
Jenin Governorate Arabic
Dacia Ripensis Latin via predicate surface "languageOfficial"
Oromia Region Oromo
surface form: Afaan Oromo
Oromia Region Oromo language
Santa Catarina Spanish
Wettin-Löbejün German
Mandaluyong Filipino
Mandaluyong English
Harbour Island English
Nanteuil-le-Haudouin French
Niterói Portuguese language
surface form: Portuguese
Staszów Polish via predicate surface "languageOfficial"
Republic of Niger French
Santa Cruz
surface form: Santa Cruz (Rio Grande do Norte)
Portuguese
Foggia Italian
Vejle Danish
Michigan English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Cataño Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Cataño English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Antigua
surface form: Antigua (Fuerteventura)
Spanish
Michigan English
Michigan English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Michigan English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Michigan English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Michigan English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Michigan English
Michigan English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Michigan English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Michigan English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Michigan English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Meise Dutch
El Monte Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Alhué Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"