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
Miranda do Corvo Portuguese language via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
surface form: Portuguese
Figueiró dos Vinhos Portuguese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Ansião Portuguese
Alvaiázere Portuguese
Mação Portuguese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Sardoal Portuguese
Entroncamento Portuguese
Chamusca Portuguese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Óbidos Portuguese
Cadaval Portuguese language
surface form: Portuguese
Coimbra Municipality Portuguese
Mira
surface form: Mira (Portugal)
Portuguese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Soure Portuguese
Castanheira de Pera Portuguese
Campo Limpo Paulista Portuguese
Chamber of the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Muonio Finnish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Vik Norwegian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Nova Lima Portuguese
Principality of Romania Romanian
Olmué Spanish
Macedonia (Byzantine theme) Medieval Greek via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Al Khums Arabic
Lake Pleasant English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Foster, Oklahoma English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Vrouwenpolder Dutch via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Prinzregentenplatz German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation German
Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation French
Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation Italian
Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation Romansh language
surface form: Romansh
Federal Office for the Equality of People with Disabilities German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Federal Office for the Equality of People with Disabilities French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Federal Office for the Equality of People with Disabilities Italian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Swiss Federal Institute of Metrology German
Swiss Federal Institute of Metrology French
Swiss Federal Institute of Metrology Italian
Swiss Federal Institute of Metrology Romansh
Jinzhou Port Chinese via predicate surface "languageOfOfficialUse"
Tabuk Arabic
Bramsche German
Schönberg im Taunus German
FIBA Europe Cup English
ART
surface form: Artland Dragons
German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Menslage German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Nortrup German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation of Oregon English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Ormos Korthiou Greek
Ivrea Italian
German concession in Hankou German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"