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
Seychelles archipelago English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Seychelles archipelago French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Seychelles archipelago Seychellois Creole via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Casalecchio di Reno Italian
Municipality of Guayama Spanish
Municipality of Guayama English
Schwanfeld German
Varaždin County Croatian
SPP Spanish
La Matanza de Acentejo Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
La Victoria de Acentejo Spanish
Fasnia Spanish
Arafo Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Town Hall of La Orotava Spanish via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Ingenio municipality Spanish
Valsequillo de Gran Canaria municipality
surface form: Valsequillo de Gran Canaria
Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Santa Brígida municipality Spanish
ES703 (Gran Canaria) Spanish via predicate surface "languageOfficial"
Telde municipal government Spanish via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
island of La Graciosa
surface form: La Graciosa
Spanish
Afa French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Baceno Italian
Vacoas-Phoenix English
Flag of Mauritius English via predicate surface "officialLanguageCountry"
Flag of Mauritius French via predicate surface "officialLanguageCountry"
Flag of Mauritius Mauritian Creole via predicate surface "officialLanguageCountry" NERFINISHED
Libiąż Polish
Ministry of Culture of Argentina Spanish
Argentine state Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
British Africa English via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration" NERFINISHED
Heek German
Almenhof German
Lindenhof (Mannheim) German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Brühl (Baden) German
Ketsch German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Hoava people live in an English- and Pijin-speaking state via predicate surface "countryOfficialLanguageContext"
Saint-Jean-d'Heurs French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Wahgoshig First Nation English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Alto Paraná Department Spanish
Alto Paraná Department Guaraní NERFINISHED
Goat Island
surface form: Goat Island (Northeastern Manitoulin and the Islands)
English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Goat Island
surface form: Goat Island (Northeastern Manitoulin and the Islands)
French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Snowville English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Silver Water English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Cornellà de Llobregat Catalan NERFINISHED
Cornellà de Llobregat Spanish
Admiralty shipyard in Amsterdam Dutch via predicate surface "languageOfOfficialUse"
Madang Province English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Madang Province Tok Pisin via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Madang Province Hiri Motu via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED