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
Prosotsani Greek via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Paranesti Greek via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Epping and Ongar Rural District English via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Crimean Oblast Russian via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Crimean Oblast Ukrainian via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Crimean Oblast Crimean Tatar via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration" NERFINISHED
Vechigen German
Thlopthlocco Tribal Town English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Central Bank of São Tomé and Príncipe Portuguese
Tennessee House of Representatives English via predicate surface "officialLanguageOfProceedings"
Inter-Agency Standing Committee English
Municipality of Altagracia Spanish
San Juan de Miraflores Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Grevena Municipality Greek
Estates of the Netherlands Antilles Dutch
Gland French
Founex French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Bursinel French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Dully French
Vinzel French
Saint-Cergue French
Trélex French
Gingins French
Grens French
Chéserex French
Signy-Avenex French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Duillier French
Eysins French
Crassier French
Chavannes-de-Bogis French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Tannay French
Borex French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Elizavetgrad Russian via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Moradabad district Hindi
Moradabad division Hindi
Municipality of Ramos Arizpe Spanish
Bogatić Serbian NERFINISHED
Vladimirci Serbian via predicate surface "countryOfficialLanguage"
Kretinga Lithuanian
Plungė Lithuanian NERFINISHED
Elder of Samogitia Latin via predicate surface "languageOfOfficialActs"
Elder of Samogitia Ruthenian via predicate surface "languageOfOfficialActs"
Elder of Samogitia Polish via predicate surface "languageOfOfficialActs"
Criminal Chamber
surface form: Criminal Chamber of the Supreme Court of Justice of Costa Rica
Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
President of the National Assembly of Cabo Verde Portuguese via predicate surface "countryOfficialLanguageContext"
São Filipe Portuguese
Santa Catarina do Fogo Portuguese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Fogo Island Portuguese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Shawinigan, Quebec, Canada
surface form: Shawinigan
French
Республикæ Цæгат Ирыстон — Алани
surface form: Республикæ Цæгат Ирыстон — Алani
Russian