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
Targa Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Quise Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Antoncojo Spanish
Arguayoda Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Erque Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Targa de Abajo Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Ayuntamiento de Alajeró Spanish via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Haa District Dzongkha NERFINISHED
Paro District Dzongkha NERFINISHED
Nijkerk Dutch
Eeklo Dutch via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Pedro Escobedo Spanish
Calolziocorte Italian
Moesia Prima Latin via predicate surface "administrativeLanguage"
Neustadt an der Waldnaab subcamp German via predicate surface "hasLanguageOfAdministration"
Coye-la-Forêt French
Kumarakom Malayalam
Kumarakom English
Soroca District Romanian via predicate surface "languageOfficial"
Hochmössingen German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Michelbach German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Tsarevo Municipality Bulgarian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Slavgorod Belarusian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Slavgorod Russian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Niefang Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguageOfCountry" NERFINISHED
Niefang French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguageOfCountry" NERFINISHED
Niefang Portuguese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguageOfCountry" NERFINISHED
Al Nairyah Arabic via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Göttingen line Middle Low German via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration" NERFINISHED
Blankenburg line German via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Osterode line Middle Low German via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration" NERFINISHED
Dholpur district, Rajasthan, India
surface form: Dholpur district
Hindi via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Tonk Hindi via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Municipality of Portalegre Portuguese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Parish of São Brás e São Lourenço Portuguese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Parish of Terrugem Portuguese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Campinho Portuguese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Santo André Portuguese language
surface form: Portuguese
Alvalade
surface form: Alvalade (Santiago do Cacém)
Portuguese language
surface form: Portuguese
Ermidas-Sado Portuguese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Abela Portuguese language
surface form: Portuguese
São Francisco da Serra Portuguese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Jigjiga Somali NERFINISHED
Jigjiga Amharic
Biberwier German NERFINISHED
municipality of Seeon-Seebruck
surface form: Seeon-Seebruck
German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Legal Committee of the General Assembly Arabic via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Legal Committee of the General Assembly Chinese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Legal Committee of the General Assembly English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Legal Committee of the General Assembly French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"