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
International Criminal Police Organization Russian
International Criminal Police Organization Chinese
International Criminal Police Organization German
ICPO English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
ICPO French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
ICPO Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
ICPO Arabic via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
ICPO Russian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
ICPO Chinese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
ICPO German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
General Secretariat
surface form: General Secretariat (INTERPOL)
English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
General Secretariat
surface form: General Secretariat (INTERPOL)
French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
General Secretariat
surface form: General Secretariat (INTERPOL)
Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
General Secretariat
surface form: General Secretariat (INTERPOL)
Arabic via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
General Secretariat
surface form: General Secretariat (INTERPOL)
Russian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
General Secretariat
surface form: General Secretariat (INTERPOL)
Chinese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
General Secretariat
surface form: General Secretariat (INTERPOL)
German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Herscheid German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Later Liang Classical Chinese
Unified Silla Middle Korean
surface form: Old Korean
Manizales Spanish
Rio Grande do Sul Portuguese language via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
surface form: Portuguese
Điện Biên Ward Vietnamese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Đội Cấn Ward Vietnamese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Nguyễn Trung Trực Ward Vietnamese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Quán Thánh Ward Vietnamese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Vĩnh Phúc Ward Vietnamese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Lohja Finnish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Lohja Swedish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Donegal English
Donegal Irish
Imola Italian
East Brewton, Alabama English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Yasenevo District, Moscow Russian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Soledad de Graciano Sánchez Spanish
Vallehermoso Spanish
Kozhikode Malayalam
Lebak Regency Indonesian
Bhavra Hindi via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Auvergne French
Wadowice County Polish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Rio Largo Portuguese
Xàtiva Spanish
Xàtiva Valencian
Pedersöre Swedish
Pedersöre Finnish
Pirkanmaa Finnish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Dubăsari Romanian language via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
surface form: Romanian
Dubăsari Russian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Dubăsari Ukrainian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"