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
AFC Asian Cup English
AFC Asian Cup Arabic
AFC Asian Cup French
AFC Asian Cup Spanish
AFC Asian Cup Portuguese
AFC Asian Cup Chinese
AFC Asian Cup Malay
Asian Zone FIFA World Cup qualification English via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Asian Zone FIFA World Cup qualification French via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Asian Zone FIFA World Cup qualification Spanish via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Asian Zone FIFA World Cup qualification German via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Asian Zone FIFA World Cup qualification Arabic via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Japan Football Association Japanese
All India Football Federation English
All India Football Federation Hindi
Oceania Football Confederation English
OFC Nations Cup English
Los Flamencos National Reserve Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Port of Antofagasta Spanish via predicate surface "languageOfOfficialUse"
Vysočina Region Czech via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Brandýs nad Labem-Stará Boleslav Czech
Solukhumbu District, Nepal
surface form: Solukhumbu District
Nepali
Sukuma language none via predicate surface "isOfficialLanguageIn"
MLS Golden Boot English
United Nations Disarmament Commission Arabic via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
United Nations Disarmament Commission Chinese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
United Nations Disarmament Commission English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
United Nations Disarmament Commission French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
United Nations Disarmament Commission Russian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
United Nations Disarmament Commission Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Government of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan Pashto language
surface form: Pashto
Government of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan Dari
د افغانستان ملي اردو دري
د افغانستان ملي اردو پښتو
United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan Dari via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan Pashto language via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
surface form: Pashto
2004 Constitution of Afghanistan Pashto language via predicate surface "recognizesOfficialLanguages"
surface form: Pashto
2004 Constitution of Afghanistan Dari via predicate surface "recognizesOfficialLanguages"
Phatthalung province Thai via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Jung-gu
surface form: Jung-gu, Ulsan
Korean
İzmir Province Turkish
Zhangjiajie Standard Chinese
Sukabumi Indonesian
Walloon Brabant French via predicate surface "languageOfficial"
Bellegarde-sur-Valserine French
Stralsund German
Oriente Province Spanish
Jodhpur district Hindi
Office of the Special Presidential Envoy for Climate English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"