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
Graneros Spanish
San Fabian Filipino NERFINISHED
San Fabian English
Hamme Dutch
Melhus Norwegian via predicate surface "languageOfficial"
Midtre Gauldal Norwegian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Provincia de Santa Fe español via predicate surface "languageOfficial"
Rheineck German
Molenbeek-Saint-Jean French
Molenbeek-Saint-Jean Dutch
Teresina Portuguese NERFINISHED
Kremenchuk Uyezd Russian via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Kremenchuk Uyezd Ukrainian via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Bakhmach Uyezd Russian via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Presian I of Bulgaria Greek via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Muzaffarnagar Hindi via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Maikop Russian
Bjerkvik Norwegian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Ribera Baja del Ebro comarca Spanish
Zaragoza comarca Spanish
Suri Bengali
Suri English
Dumka district Hindi
Dumka district Urdu NERFINISHED
Anglican dioceses in Australia English via predicate surface "haveOfficialLanguage"
San Pablo Spanish
Ocós Spanish
Goms German
Realp German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Yiyuan Subdistrict Standard Chinese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Government of Tonga Tongan
Government of Tonga English
Municipal Council of Port Vila Bislama via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Municipal Council of Port Vila English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Municipal Council of Port Vila French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Palmilla Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Água Grande District Portuguese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Palompon, Leyte Filipino via predicate surface "nationalLanguage"
Palompon, Leyte Filipino
Palompon, Leyte English
Paranaíba (municipality) Portuguese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Flemish Minister of Animal Welfare Dutch via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Rennebu Norwegian via predicate surface "languageOfficial"
Chestermere English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Plaza of the Three Powers Portuguese via predicate surface "officialLanguageOfLocation"
Chung Sye-kyun as Prime Minister Korean via predicate surface "languageOfGovernment"
Ruhnu Estonian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Grammy Award for Best Jazz Vocal Performance, Female English
State of Zacatecas Spanish
Cuenca, Spain Spanish