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
Higashinaruse, Akita Japanese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Kreis Erfurt-Land German via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Braniewo County Polish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Kutai Kartanegara Regency Indonesian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Cuautitlán Spanish
West Kutai Regency Indonesian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Morgan County, Utah English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Härkingen German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Shariatpur District Bengali
Dukes County, New York English via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Hoeksche Waard Dutch via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Chunri Township Mandarin Chinese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Sheopur district Hindi
Chiautla Spanish
Northwest Region (Cameroon) English
Bornheim (Rheinland) German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Brühl (Rheinland) German
Picos Portuguese
Floriano Portuguese
Piripiri Portuguese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
William Jones Cup (basketball tournament)
surface form: William Jones Cup
Chinese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
William Jones Cup (basketball tournament)
surface form: William Jones Cup
English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Cervelló Catalan
Cervelló Spanish
Zaqatala city Azerbaijani NERFINISHED
North Western Province Sinhala NERFINISHED
Nghia Dan District Vietnamese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Spaanse Rijk Spaans via predicate surface "officiëleTaal"
Obergoms German
Ministry of Agriculture, Rural Development and Environment of Cyprus Greek via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Ministry of Agriculture, Rural Development and Environment of Cyprus Turkish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Municipality of Sørvágur Faroese
Region of Vágar Faroese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Region of Vágar Danish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Sandoyar sýsla Faroese NERFINISHED
Vilaflor Spanish
Ingenio Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Workers' Party of Ethiopia government Amharic
Archdiocese of Addis Ababa (Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church) Amharic via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Prince-Bishop of Basel Latin via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Prince-Bishop of Basel German via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Province of Natal English
Province of Natal Afrikaans
Beinn na Faoghla Scottish Gaelic via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Beinn na Faoghla English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Uibhist a Tuath Scottish Gaelic via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Uibhist a Tuath English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Province of the Balearic Islands Spanish
Province of the Balearic Islands Catalan
Ministry of Justice of Vietnam Vietnamese