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
Busoga sub-region English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Raleigh Convocation area English via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Quibdó Spanish
Nathdwara Hindi
Nathdwara Rajasthani
Western State, Nigeria English
Sweetwater English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Secretaría de Cultura (Mexico) Spanish
Joigny French
Sorano Italian
Sunnyland, Illinois English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Vinje Norwegian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Horažďovice Czech
Planá Czech
Plzeň-City District Czech via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Fourth Judicial Circuit of Alabama English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Lyman
surface form: Lyman, Washington
English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Jerez de García Salinas Spanish
Trakai Lithuanian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Nwoya District English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Tolar Grande Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
municipality of Wildhaus-Alt St. Johann
surface form: Wildhaus-Alt St. Johann
German
Alt St. Johann German
Gams German
Grabs German
Sennwald German
Administrator of the Cape Province English via predicate surface "languageOfOfficialBusiness"
Administrator of the Cape Province Afrikaans via predicate surface "languageOfOfficialBusiness"
Karak Urdu language
surface form: Urdu
Emirate of Abu Dhabi Arabic
Ambérieu-en-Bugey French
Sokółka Polish via predicate surface "languageOfficial"
Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin German
Périgueux French
Grevesmühlen German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Gurabo, Puerto Rico Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Gurabo, Puerto Rico English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Supreme Court of Alabama English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Aurisina Italian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Kaili Standard Chinese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Municipality of Weststellingwerf Dutch
Boadilla del Monte Spanish
Mackenzie District English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Mackenzie District Te Reo Māori via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
surface form: Māori
Indian Creek, Illinois English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Rolle municipality
surface form: Rolle
French
Candelaria Spanish in Puerto Rico via predicate surface "officialLanguageOfCountry"
Sabana Seca Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Sabana Seca English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Ingenio Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"