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
Procida Italian
Hilden German
Keda Georgian via predicate surface "countryOfficialLanguage"
Municipality of Ushuaia Spanish
Sriperumbudur Tamil
National Capital Region Planning Board English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
National Capital Region Planning Board Hindi via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Groysman Government Ukrainian via predicate surface "languageOfGovernment"
World Organization of Family Doctors English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
World Organisation for Animal Health English
World Organisation for Animal Health French
World Organisation for Animal Health Spanish
World Organisation for Animal Health Russian
World Organisation for Animal Health Arabic
World Organisation for Animal Health Chinese
United Nations official languages United Nations General Assembly via predicate surface "officialLanguageOf"
United Nations official languages United Nations Security Council via predicate surface "officialLanguageOf"
United Nations official languages United Nations Economic and Social Council via predicate surface "officialLanguageOf"
United Nations official languages United Nations Secretariat via predicate surface "officialLanguageOf"
United Nations official languages International Court of Justice via predicate surface "officialLanguageOf"
Cieneguilla Spanish
Luins French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Regional Municipality of Durham English
Ninotsminda Georgian language via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
surface form: Georgian
Stratford-upon-Avon Town Council English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Tianeti Municipality Georgian language via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
surface form: Georgian
Captains Regent of San Marino Italian via predicate surface "officialLanguageLabel"
Grand and General Council Italian
canton of Bern German
canton of Bern French
Yverdon-les-Bains French
Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region Standard Chinese
North West Province Setswana
North West Province English
Taguig Tagalog
surface form: Filipino
Taguig English
Qikiqtaaluk Region Inuktitut
Qikiqtaaluk Region English
Qikiqtaaluk Region French
Pénjamo Spanish
Yakutia Russian
Yakutia Sakha language
General Secretariat of the Andean Community Spanish
Miami, Florida, United States
surface form: Miami
English
Chambon-sur-Voueize French
Kingdom of Iraq Arabic
Kingdom of Iraq Kurdish
Shfar'am Hebrew
Tarn Taran district Punjabi
Sèvres French