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
Hoshiarpur district Punjabi
Ilhéu das Rolas Portuguese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguageOfCountry"
Eastern Macedonia and Thrace Greek
Round Lake Heights, Illinois English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Canadian Institutes of Health Research English
Canadian Institutes of Health Research French
Kunama none via predicate surface "isOfficialLanguageOf"
Investiture of Knights of the Garter English via predicate surface "languageOfOfficialUse"
Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam Tamil
Lidingö Swedish
Colonia Lomas de Padierna Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Kitzbühel German
Saint-Leu-la-Forêt French
Shuakhevi Georgian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Río Negro Province Spanish
Arganda del Rey Spanish
PCA
surface form: Permanent Court of Arbitration
English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
PCA
surface form: Permanent Court of Arbitration
French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
PCA
surface form: Permanent Court of Arbitration
other languages agreed by parties via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic Azerbaijani language
surface form: Azerbaijani
Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic Russian
Canton of Zürich German
Eichig German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Tula Oblast Russian
Ariège French
Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons English
Northern Ireland legal system English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Nona Balakian Citation for Excellence in Reviewing English
Tidworth Town Council English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Galápagos Province Spanish
Empire of Brazil Portuguese
Puerto Río Tranquilo Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Association of National Olympic Committees English
Association of National Olympic Committees French
Association of National Olympic Committees Spanish
Association of National Olympic Committees Arabic
Association of National Olympic Committees Russian
Association of National Olympic Committees German
Association of National Olympic Committees Portuguese
Association of National Olympic Committees Chinese
Association of National Olympic Committees Japanese
Association of National Olympic Committees Korean
Association of National Olympic Committees Italian
Association of National Olympic Committees Persian
Association of National Olympic Committees Hindi
Association of National Olympic Committees Urdu language
surface form: Urdu
Association of National Olympic Committees Bahasa Indonesia
Association of National Olympic Committees Malay
surface form: Bahasa Melayu
Association of National Olympic Committees Turkish
Association of National Olympic Committees Vietnamese