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
San Felipe Spanish
city of Orizaba, Veracruz
surface form: Orizaba
Spanish
Government of Eritrea Tigrinya
Government of Eritrea Arabic
Government of Eritrea English
Romanian legislative election, 2016 Romanian via predicate surface "languageOfOfficialMaterials"
Polska Ludowa język polski via predicate surface "językUrzędowy"
Doğubayazıt Turkish
La Joya de los Sachas Canton Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Armenian Convent of St. James Armenian via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Armenian Convent of St. James Arabic via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Armenian Convent of St. James English via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Armenian Patriarch of Jerusalem Armenian via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Armenian Patriarch of Jerusalem Arabic via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Armenian Patriarch of Jerusalem English via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
University Park, Iowa English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Mahaska County Board of Supervisors English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Cortalim Konkani via predicate surface "languageOfficial"
Mormugao Konkani
Mormugao English
Mormugao Marathi language
surface form: Marathi
Mormugao Hindi
Ponda Konkani via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Ponda Marathi language via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
surface form: Marathi
Ponda English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
CAB
surface form: Cabinda Province
Portuguese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Cacongo Portuguese
Maroggia Italian
Sottoceneri region
surface form: Sottoceneri
Italian
Móra d’Ebre Catalan
Móra d’Ebre Spanish
Flix Catalan
Flix Spanish
Ascó Catalan
Ascó Spanish
Riba-roja d’Ebre Catalan via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Riba-roja d’Ebre Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Ginestar Catalan
Ginestar Spanish
Miravet Catalan via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Miravet Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Benissanet Catalan via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Benissanet Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Tivissa Catalan
Tivissa Spanish
Vinebre Catalan
Vinebre Spanish
La Torre de l’Espanyol Catalan
La Torre de l’Espanyol Spanish
La Palma d’Ebre Catalan