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
Humacao English
Sandvík Faroese
Porkeri Faroese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Sumba Faroese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Lopra Faroese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Vikarbyrgi Faroese NERFINISHED
Vikarbyrgi Danish
Municipality of La Florida Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
WNIT English
União das Freguesias de Estômbar e Parchal Portuguese
Guildford constituency
surface form: Guildford (UK Parliament constituency)
English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguageForProceedings"
Bedford Borough Council English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Democratic Yemen Arabic
PDRY Arabic
Siping Standard Chinese
Bensafrim Portuguese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Runavík Faroese
Eiði Faroese NERFINISHED
Funningur Faroese NERFINISHED
Norðragøta Faroese
Syðrugøta Faroese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Strendur Faroese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Skáli Faroese
Selatrað Faroese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Lambi Faroese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Hellurnar Faroese
Neustadt im Schwarzwald German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Yevlakh District Azerbaijani NERFINISHED
Au (St. Gallen) German
Höchst German
Nagar Palika Ashoknagar Hindi via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Honjo, Saitama Prefecture Japanese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Sarnthein German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Sarnthein Italian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Pelarco Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Pencahue Spanish
Río Claro Spanish
San Rafael Spanish
Tietê (municipality) Portuguese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Barra Bonita Portuguese NERFINISHED
Laranjal Paulista Portuguese NERFINISHED
Anhembi Portuguese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Pirapora do Bom Jesus Portuguese
Bnei Sakhnin F.C. Hebrew via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Bnei Sakhnin F.C. Arabic via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Gdańsk County Polish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
HC Sochi Russian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Cidade Nova Portuguese via predicate surface "officialLanguageOfCountry" NERFINISHED
Brazil women's national basketball team Portuguese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Kashmir division Kashmiri NERFINISHED