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
Region Norðoyar Faroese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Tórshavn Municipality Faroese
Claygate Parish Council English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Scandiano Italian
Hämeenkyrö Finnish
Hämeenkyrö Finnish via predicate surface "administrativeLanguage"
Hørsholm Municipality Danish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Tysvær Norwegian via predicate surface "languageOfficial" NERFINISHED
Middleton
surface form: Middleton, Nova Scotia
English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Arima Borough Corporation English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Corte Nacional de Justicia Spanish
Belarusian Democratic Republic Belarusian
Belarusian Democratic Republic Russian
powiat kazimierski Polish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Nakop English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Nakop Afrikaans via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Eunpyeong-gu Korean via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Beilngries German
Umm al-Fahm Hebrew
Warsaw Ghetto Judenrat Polish via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Warsaw Ghetto Judenrat Yiddish via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Warsaw Ghetto Judenrat German via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Kerns Township English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Novara Italian
Valderrobres Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Inharrime District Portuguese
Songdalen Norwegian via predicate surface "languageOfficial"
Granada Department Spanish
Lofsrud Norwegian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Piaçabuçu Portuguese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Dundigal Telugu NERFINISHED
Busseto Italian
Potamos Kythiron Greek
municipality of Juan Aldama, Guanajuato Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Deûlémont French
Elsene Dutch via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Elsene French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Luster Norwegian via predicate surface "languageOfficial" NERFINISHED
Norwegian society Norwegian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Cebreros, Ávila, Spain
surface form: Cebreros
Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Municipality of Tordesillas Spanish
Town of Tordesillas Spanish
Municipality of Cajamarca Spanish via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Holmestrand Norwegian via predicate surface "languageOfficial"
Zulia Spanish
Lebowa Northern Sotho NERFINISHED
Pachuca de Soto Municipality Spanish
Municipal government of Pachuca de Soto Spanish via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Loiu Basque via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Loiu Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"