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
Shexian County Standard Chinese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Belgian Federal Public Service Science Policy Dutch
Belgian Federal Public Service Science Policy French
Belgian Federal Public Service Science Policy German
Gegharkunik Province Armenian
Gavar Armenian
Martuni Armenian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Vardenis Armenian
Mariahilf German
Chilpancingo Spanish
Herald Islets English via predicate surface "hasLanguageOfAdministration"
Recanati Italian
Burlington
surface form: Burlington, Connecticut
English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Arauco Department Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Pisco Province Spanish
Socialist Yugoslavia period Serbo-Croatian
Socialist Yugoslavia period Slovene
Socialist Yugoslavia period Macedonian
Eber-Nari Imperial Aramaic via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Jodoigne French
Geest-Gérompont-Petit-Rosière French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Gjøa Haven Inuktitut via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Gjøa Haven English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
ZIPLO French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Archangel, Russia
surface form: Arkhangelsk
Russian
Midden‑Groningen
surface form: Midden-Groningen
Dutch via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Bareveld Dutch via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Judicial Authority Arabic via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Pereiro Portuguese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Martim Longo Portuguese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Zamudio, Biscay, Spain
surface form: Zamudio
Basque
Zamudio, Biscay, Spain
surface form: Zamudio
Spanish
Bräunlingen German
Afgooye District Somali via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Stanley Kramer Award English
Rivalta di Torino Italian
Molina de Aragón Spanish
Jaunpur district Hindi via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Sitapur district Hindi
L'Aquila Italian
Tripoli, Greece Greek
Lautoka English via predicate surface "languageOfficial"
Ornes French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Beaumont-en-Verdunois French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Caldas Spanish
Atlixco Spanish
Grand Duchy of Oldenburg German
Colony of Dahomey French
Algarve municipalities Portuguese via predicate surface "administrativeLanguage"
NPC Standing Committee Standard Chinese