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
Women Film Critics Circle Award English
Borough of Carroll Valley English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Municipality of Coyhaique Spanish via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Regierungsbezirk Düsseldorf German
Oppum German
municipality of Gößnitz
surface form: Gößnitz
German
municipality of Nobitz
surface form: Nobitz
German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
municipality of Rositz
surface form: Rositz
German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Vathy
surface form: Vathy (Aegina)
Greek via predicate surface "administrativeLanguage"
Qassim Region Arabic
Buraydah Arabic
ICOM
surface form: International Council of Museums
English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
ICOM
surface form: International Council of Museums
French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
ICOM
surface form: International Council of Museums
Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Commission for Basic Systems English via predicate surface "usesOfficialLanguage"
Commission for Basic Systems French via predicate surface "usesOfficialLanguage"
Commission for Basic Systems Spanish via predicate surface "usesOfficialLanguage"
Commission for Basic Systems Russian via predicate surface "usesOfficialLanguage"
Commission for Basic Systems Arabic via predicate surface "usesOfficialLanguage"
Commission for Basic Systems Chinese via predicate surface "usesOfficialLanguage"
Plovdiv Bulgarian
Lugo Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Lugo Galician via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
União de Leiria Portuguese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Realm of New Zealand English
Realm of New Zealand Māori
Realm of New Zealand New Zealand Sign Language
Sangli-Miraj-Kupwad Municipal Corporation Marathi via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Miraj Marathi language
surface form: Marathi
Kupwad Marathi language
surface form: Marathi
UI Cup English
UI Cup French
UI Cup German
UI Cup Spanish
Alexandria County Court English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Fajardo Spanish
Fajardo English
Amherstburg, Upper Canada (during service in North America)
surface form: Amherstburg, Upper Canada
English via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
New Jersey state legislative districts English via predicate surface "languageOfOfficialDescriptions"
Miková Slovak via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Shanghai Airlines Chinese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Shanghai Airlines English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Setúbal, Portugal
surface form: Setúbal
Portuguese
Judicial Branch of the City of Buenos Aires Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Ministry of Culture of the City of Buenos Aires Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Zaventem Dutch
municipality of Evere
surface form: Evere
French
municipality of Evere
surface form: Evere
Dutch
Federal Social Court of Germany German
Hungarian Soviet Republic Hungarian