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
Liga Sudamericana de Básquetbol Spanish
Liga Sudamericana de Básquetbol Portuguese
1954 FIBA World Championship English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
1954 FIBA World Championship French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
1954 FIBA World Championship Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Reliever of the Year Award English
FIFA U-20 World Cup English
FIFA U-20 World Cup French
FIFA U-20 World Cup Spanish
FIFA U-20 World Cup German
FIFA U-20 World Cup Arabic
FIFA U-20 World Cup Portuguese
FIFA Futsal World Cup English
FIFA Futsal World Cup French
FIFA Futsal World Cup Spanish
FIFA Futsal World Cup German
FIFA Futsal World Cup Portuguese
FIFA Futsal World Cup Arabic
Confederation of African Football English
Confederation of African Football French
Confederation of African Football Arabic
Confederation of African Football Portuguese
CAF Champions League English
CAF Champions League French
CAF Champions League Arabic
CAF Champions League Portuguese
African Cup of Champions Clubs French via predicate surface "officialLanguageOfAdministration"
African Cup of Champions Clubs English via predicate surface "officialLanguageOfAdministration"
African Cup of Champions Clubs Arabic via predicate surface "officialLanguageOfAdministration"
FIFA Member Associations varies by country via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Java (Indonesian island)
surface form: Java
Indonesian
Corunna Galician
Corunna Spanish
Roman province of Germania Inferior
surface form: Germania Inferior
Latin via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Bolívar State Spanish
Peissy French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Peney-Dessus French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Saxon State Ministry for Science, Culture and Tourism German
tatar tele Tatarstan via predicate surface "isOfficialLanguageOf"
surface form: Republic of Tatarstan
Petra, Mallorca, Spain Spanish
Petra, Mallorca, Spain Catalan
CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying Championship English
CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying Championship Spanish
CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying Championship French
Currais Novos Portuguese
São Gonçalo do Amarante Portuguese
Federal Senate of Brazil Portuguese
Cueto Municipality Spanish via predicate surface "languageOfficial"
Bloc Québécois French
Municipality of La Serena Spanish via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"