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
Juazeiro Portuguese
First Wakatsuki Cabinet Japanese via predicate surface "languageOfGovernment"
Municipality of Río Hurtado Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Germantown Hills, Illinois English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Distrito Central Spanish
San Miguelito Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Santa Ana
surface form: Santa Ana, Francisco Morazán
Spanish
Olancho Department Spanish
FIBA Africa Women’s Champions Cup English
FIBA Africa Women’s Champions Cup French
San Clemente Spanish
Salesópolis Portuguese
Itapura Portuguese NERFINISHED
Beirut Governorate Arabic
Crown in right of Queensland English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Afghan communist government after 1978 Pashto
Afghan communist government after 1978 Dari NERFINISHED
municipality of Jijoca de Jericoacoara
surface form: Jijoca de Jericoacoara
Portuguese
Royal Court of Denmark Danish language NERFINISHED
Aritao, Nueva Vizcaya Filipino via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Aritao, Nueva Vizcaya English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Dupax del Sur, Nueva Vizcaya Filipino NERFINISHED
Dupax del Sur, Nueva Vizcaya English
Bambang, Nueva Vizcaya Filipino via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Bambang, Nueva Vizcaya English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Holgate, Ohio, United States
surface form: Holgate, Ohio
English
Woluwe-Saint-Pierre French
Woluwe-Saint-Pierre Dutch
Koekelberg French NERFINISHED
Koekelberg Dutch
Berchem-Sainte-Agathe French
Berchem-Sainte-Agathe Dutch
Ganshoren French
Ganshoren Dutch
Watermael-Boitsfort French
Watermael-Boitsfort Dutch
RSPA
surface form: Red Sea Ports Authority
Arabic via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Altdorf (Uri) German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Egypt under Muhammad Ali Arabic via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Dina Huapi Spanish
Dhaka North City Corporation Bengali via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Río Negro (commune)
surface form: Río Negro
Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
San Pablo (commune) Spanish
DE4 Brandenburg German
Department of Pando Spanish
Zugdidi City Hall Georgian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Terre-de-Haut French
Terre-de-Bas French
Îlet à Cabrit French via predicate surface "hasLanguageOfAdministration"
Les Augustins French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"