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
Russian Embassy in Berlin German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Russian Embassy in Berlin English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
2004 IIHF World Championship English
2004 IIHF World Championship French
Capricorn District Municipality Northern Sotho (Sepedi) via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
surface form: Sepedi
Capricorn District Municipality English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
KwaZulu-Natal Legislature English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
KwaZulu-Natal Legislature isiZulu via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Empire of Vietnam Vietnamese
Freirina Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Maynas Province Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Bettlach German
Chinandega Department Spanish
Cornwall
surface form: Cornwall, Prince Edward Island
English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Rodrigues Island English
United Nations Office of Legal Affairs Arabic via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
United Nations Office of Legal Affairs Chinese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
United Nations Office of Legal Affairs English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
United Nations Office of Legal Affairs French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
United Nations Office of Legal Affairs Russian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
United Nations Office of Legal Affairs Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
SCO Chinese
SCO Russian
Reinach (BL) German
Brig German
President of Egypt Arabic via predicate surface "officialLanguageOfOffice"
Speaker of the National Assembly Korean
Granada Province Spanish
Balsthal German
Lommiswil German
Belu Regency Indonesian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Potosí Department Spanish
Potosí Department Quechua
Potosí Department Aymara
El Calafate Spanish
Hermosillo, Mexico
surface form: Hermosillo
Spanish
Senate Palace Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Pan American Health Organization English
Pan American Health Organization Spanish
Pan American Health Organization Portuguese
Pan American Health Organization French
Pan American Health Organization Dutch
Pan American Health Organization Other official languages of member states for specific purposes
San Luis Potosí City Spanish
North Korean government Korean
Puerto Iguazú Spanish
Ashoknagar Hindi
Pirque Spanish
Saint-Malo French
Lagoa Portuguese