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
Sind Province (Pakistan) English
Como Italian
Orellana Province Spanish
Tokugawa shogunate Japanese
Gouvinhas Portuguese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
municipality of Corregidora, Querétaro
surface form: Municipality of Corregidora, Querétaro
Spanish
Tunis Governorate Arabic
Tunisian government Arabic via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
2003 World Championships in Athletics French
2003 World Championships in Athletics English
World Anti-Doping Agency English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
World Anti-Doping Agency French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
unified Germany
surface form: Unified Germany
German
Ministry of Social Affairs and Employment headquarters in The Hague Dutch via predicate surface "hasLanguageOfAdministration"
Torre do Pinhão Portuguese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Antalyaspor Turkish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Qatar Stars League Arabic
International Commission for the Protection of the Danube River English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
International Commission for the Protection of the Danube River German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
International Commission for the Protection of the Danube River other Danube basin languages via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Seal of the Senate of Puerto Rico Spanish
Seal of the Senate of Puerto Rico English
Fort Pontchartrain du Détroit French via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
STM French
Santa Maria parish
surface form: Santa Maria parish (Tavira)
Portuguese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Santa Maria parish
surface form: Santa Maria parish (Tavira)
Portuguese via predicate surface "administrativeLanguage"
Goeree-Overflakkee Dutch via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Nieuw-Beijerland Dutch
Petit Martinique English
Zakynthos Greek
Republic of Poland Polish
NATO Special Operations Headquarters English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
NATO Special Operations Headquarters French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Bissone Italian
Melide Italian
Astros Greek
Venerable Order of St John English
Sergy French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Ribera d’Ebre Catalan
Ribera d’Ebre Spanish
Hisar district Hindi
Stillwater
surface form: Stillwater, New York
English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Pella regional unit Greek via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Graz German
Qalqilya Arabic via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Alcalá de Henares Spanish
Polish People’s Republic Polish
Neuruppin German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Galmudug Somali via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Galmudug Arabic via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"