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
Guática Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
La Celia Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Mistrató Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Quinchía Spanish
San Cristóbal Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Upper East Region of Ghana English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Schlagenhofen German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Aldeanueva de la Vera Spanish
Meilen District German
Itschnach German NERFINISHED
Witellikon German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Maur German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Stroncone, Italy
surface form: Stroncone
Italian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Niagara Falls Bridge Commission English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Niagara Falls Bridge Commission French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Nellai Tamil via predicate surface "languageOfficial" NERFINISHED
APCR Telugu via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Sixth Dynasty of Kish Sumerian language via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration" NERFINISHED
Campbell River, British Columbia, Canada English
Lloydtown, Ontario English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Douglas
surface form: Douglas, Ontario
English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Deacon English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Сан-Джасінто, Каліфорнія, США англійська мова
Diffa Department French
Ministry of Culture
surface form: Ministry of Culture (Saudi Arabia)
Arabic
Republican era of Sudan after independence Arabic via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Orry-la-Ville French
San Juan de Puntallana Spanish
Saqqez Persian NERFINISHED
Qorveh Persian NERFINISHED
Marktoberdorf (town)
surface form: Marktoberdorf
German NERFINISHED
Barzio Italian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Rechitsa Belarusian NERFINISHED
Rechitsa Russian
East Kameng district English
Bécancour French
Município de Grândola Portuguese language
surface form: Portuguese
Alcácer do Sal Portuguese language
surface form: Portuguese
Dacre English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Ashdad English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Ashdad French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Spruce Hedge English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Spruce Hedge French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Esmonde English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Esmonde French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Wabun Post Office English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Wabun Post Office French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Wabun Station English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Wabun Station French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Wabun Station P.O. English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"