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
Santa Cruz Atoyac Spanish
Fakaofo Tokelauan via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Fakaofo English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Judiciary of Oklahoma English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguageOfProceedings"
Oklahoma state court system English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
British administration in Awadh English
British administration in Awadh Urdu language via predicate surface "administrativeLanguage"
surface form: Urdu
British administration in Awadh Hindi via predicate surface "administrativeLanguage"
Fort Erie, Ontario English
International Niagara Board of Control English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Plaid Cymru Welsh via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Plaid Cymru English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Vobarno Italian language
surface form: Italian
Roè Volciano Italian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Township of Loyalist English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Vienna (state) German
Brezno Slovak language
surface form: Slovak
Naranjito Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Naranjito English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Comerío Spanish
Comerío English
Rzhev Russian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
State of Espírito Santo Portuguese
Bình Xuyên District Vietnamese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Kuala Terengganu Malay
Merano Italian language
surface form: Italian
Merano German
Agusan del Sur Filipino via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Agusan del Sur English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Rovaniemi Finnish
Palestine Currency Board English
Palestine Currency Board Arabic
Palestine Currency Board Hebrew
Acre Municipality Hebrew via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Acre Municipality Arabic via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Pannonia Valeria Latin via predicate surface "languageOfficial"
Commune of Bondy French
Ngaraard State Palauan via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Ngaraard State English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Rondônia Portuguese language
surface form: Portuguese
Ijuí Portuguese
Štúrovo Slovak language
surface form: Slovak
South America (offshore Caribbean island near Venezuela)
surface form: Bonaire
Dutch
North York Centre English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
North York Centre French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" GENERATED
Atlántico Department Spanish
Judiciary of Newfoundland and Labrador English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
La Paz, Baja California Sur Spanish
Cárdenas Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Estado Libre y Soberano de Morelos español via predicate surface "languageOfficial"