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
Secretariat of the World Health Organization French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Secretariat of the World Health Organization Russian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Secretariat of the World Health Organization Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Diguillín Province Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Satna Hindi
Higashiosaka, Osaka Prefecture, Japan
surface form: Higashiosaka
Japanese
Los Angeles City Council District 5 English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Topoľčany Slovak via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Kaluga Oblast Russian
Regional Council of Friuli Venezia Giulia Italian
independence of Laos Lao via predicate surface "languageOfNewState"
Caribbean Court of Justice English
Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Caribbean Examinations Council English
Caribbean Public Health Agency English
Caribbean Regional Fisheries Mechanism English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Norfolk City Hall English via predicate surface "hasLanguageOfAdministration"
Seoni (often associated with the region)
surface form: Seoni
Hindi
International Law Commission Arabic
International Law Commission Chinese
International Law Commission English
International Law Commission French
International Law Commission Russian
International Law Commission Spanish
Bavarian prison system German via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Sint Anthonis Dutch
Panchkula Hindi via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Athlete Performance Awards English via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Cowichan Tribes Hul’q’umi’num’ via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Cowichan Tribes English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Iloilo City Filipino
Iloilo City English
Alamosa County, Colorado English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Monte Sereno English
Tabiteuea English via predicate surface "officialLanguageOfCountry"
Seoni Hindi via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Neryungri Russian via predicate surface "languageOfficial"
Mariquina Spanish
Registry of the International Court of Justice English
Registry of the International Court of Justice French
National Olympic Committee of Slovakia Slovak
National Olympic Committee of Moldova Romanian
National Olympic Committee of San Marino Italian via predicate surface "officialLanguageUsed"
Squamish English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Regional Government of Friuli Venezia Giulia Italian
Baie-D’Urfé French
Parliament of Victoria English
Empire of Trebizond Greek
Villedieu French
Stanislaus County Board of Supervisors English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"