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
Jamay Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Degollado Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Ocotlán Municipality Spanish
La Barca Municipality Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Jamay Municipality Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Zapotlán del Rey Municipality Spanish
Atotonilco el Alto Municipality Spanish
Sault Ste. Marie Bridge Authority English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Sault Ste. Marie Bridge Authority French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Yueyang Municipal Government Standard Chinese via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Special Capital Region of Jakarta Indonesian
Barakar Bengali NERFINISHED
Barakar English
Banda District
surface form: Banda district
Hindi via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Valdieri Italian
Sácama Spanish
Perambalur district Tamil via predicate surface "languageOfficial"
Katrineholm Municipality Swedish
Gibara Municipality Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Kananga French via predicate surface "officialLanguageOfCountry" NERFINISHED
Mompantero Italian
Ägeri German
Baar German
Unterägeri German
Louisa, Kentucky, United States
surface form: Louisa, Kentucky
English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Stargard County Polish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Zighoud Youcef Arabic via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Poggiardo Italian
Bistrița-Năsăud County Romanian via predicate surface "languageOfficial" NERFINISHED
Velika Moštanica Serbian NERFINISHED
Hoyos del Espino Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Navacepeda de Tormes Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Velasco Province Spanish
Stedesdorf German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Municipality of María Pinto Spanish
Koprivshtitsa Municipality Bulgarian
Izmit
surface form: İzmit
Turkish
Nieuwerkerken Dutch via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Bjerkreim Norwegian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Bhopal district Hindi via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Oberägeri German
North Korea (across Han River estuary)
surface form: North Korea
Korean
Pleasant Hope, Missouri English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Asansol subdivision Bengali
Nabadwip Municipality Bengali via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Nabadwip Municipality English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Madarihat Bengali NERFINISHED
Madarihat English
Arzdorf German
Berkum German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"