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
Lepaterique Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Curarén Spanish
Maraita Spanish
Marale Spanish
Nueva Armenia Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Orica Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
San Ignacio
surface form: San Ignacio, Honduras
Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
El Paraíso Department Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Ayuntamiento de Palma Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Ayuntamiento de Palma Catalan via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Rajgarh Nagar Palika Hindi (de facto/official state language) via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration" NERFINISHED
State Archives of Montenegro Montenegrin
Port Vue English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Evia regional unit Greek
Karystos municipal unit Greek via predicate surface "administrativeLanguage"
Montenars Italian
Comune di Arezzo Italian
ÎleSoniq music festival French
ÎleSoniq music festival English
Halver German via predicate surface "administrativeLanguage"
municipality of Vilvoorde
surface form: Vilvoorde
Dutch
Cranbrook English
Hebei provincial government Standard Chinese via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
San Antonio, Texas, United States English
Hope, Idaho, United States
surface form: Hope, Idaho
English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Verden an der Aller German
Municipality of Sintra Portuguese
Arizona portion of the Navajo Nation Navajo via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Arizona portion of the Navajo Nation English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
DC35 English via predicate surface "languageOfOfficialUse"
Binh Dinh Province Vietnamese
West Kerry Irish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Audiovisual Library of International Law English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Audiovisual Library of International Law French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Flag of Vietnam Vietnamese
Huasco commune Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
General Pico Spanish
Lý dynasty Classical Chinese
Ming occupation of Vietnam Classical Chinese via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration" NERFINISHED
PyeongChang Organizing Committee for the 2018 Olympic & Paralympic Winter Games Korean
PyeongChang Organizing Committee for the 2018 Olympic & Paralympic Winter Games English
municipality of Melena del Sur Spanish
National Capital District, Papua New Guinea
surface form: National Capital District
English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
National Capital District, Papua New Guinea
surface form: National Capital District
Tok Pisin via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
National Capital District, Papua New Guinea
surface form: National Capital District
Hiri Motu via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Arganzuela district
surface form: Arganzuela
Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia Māori via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia various Pacific languages via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
OrganizationForSecurityAndCoOperationInEurope
surface form: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
English