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
Los Llanos de Aridane (town)
surface form: Los Llanos de Aridane
Spanish
Ayuntamiento de Tazacorte Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Ayuntamiento de Granadilla de Abona Spanish via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Port of Brussels French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Port of Brussels Dutch via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Swaziland Protectorate English
Plympton–Wyoming English
Hasan Bughra Khan Arabic via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Hasan Bughra Khan Persian via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration" NERFINISHED
Ogasawara, Tokyo Japanese
Nawada district Hindi via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Colonia Department Spanish
Petite-Terre (Mayotte) forms main inhabited islands of Mayotte
surface form: Petite-Terre (Mayotte)
French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Ville de Moulins French via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Rotenburg (Wümme) district German
Chakulia Hindi via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Mortsel Dutch
Atotonilco el Alto Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Mexticacán Spanish
San Marcos, Jalisco Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Board of Governors of the African Development Bank English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Board of Governors of the African Development Bank French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Rodez Agglomération French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Gemerská Hôrka Slovak
canton of Mantes-la-Jolie French
Guelma Province Arabic
Poncitlán Municipality Spanish
Degollado Municipality Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Durg district Hindi
Durg district Chhattisgarhi NERFINISHED
Hojai Assamese NERFINISHED
Kampur Assamese
Kampur English
Somondoco Spanish
Almeida Spanish
Chivor Spanish
Sutatenza Spanish
Rochester Police Department English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
San Marcos
surface form: San Marcos, Guerrero
Spanish
La Sabana Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Juan R. Escudero Municipality Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Coyuca de Benítez Municipality Spanish
Estado Libre y Soberano de Guerrero español
Sarilamak Indonesian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
town hall of Arbois French via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Derby Line, Vermont English
Lorraine (Quebec) French
Nanzenbach German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Eibach German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Ajuntament de Portbou Catalan via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED