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
Planning and Development Department Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Urdu language via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
surface form: Urdu
Planning and Development Department Khyber Pakhtunkhwa English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Agriculture Department Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Urdu language via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
surface form: Urdu
Agriculture Department Khyber Pakhtunkhwa English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Bagno di Romagna Italian
Rocca San Casciano Italian
Mercato Saraceno Italian
Portico e San Benedetto Italian
Tredozio Italian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Comune di Galeata Italian
Maricopa County Stadium District English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Binche French
Santa Cruz de La Palma Spanish
Landsberg German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Rottach-Egern German
Janowiec Kościelny Polish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Palos de la Frontera Spanish
Novonikolaevsk Russian via predicate surface "languageOfLocalAdministration"
Miyakojima Japanese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Eatonville English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
municipality of Guaynabo
surface form: Guaynabo
Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
municipality of Guaynabo
surface form: Guaynabo
English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Trois-Ponts French
Virginia
surface form: Virginia, Georgina, Ontario
English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Fédération Cynologique Internationale French
Fédération Cynologique Internationale English
Fédération Cynologique Internationale German
Fédération Cynologique Internationale Spanish
Fédération Cynologique Internationale Dutch
Fédération Cynologique Internationale Italian
Fédération Cynologique Internationale Portuguese
Fédération Cynologique Internationale Russian
Fédération Cynologique Internationale Chinese
Fédération Cynologique Internationale Japanese
Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy ministry in Bengal English via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy ministry in Bengal Bengali via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Khimki Urban Okrug Russian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Dolgoprudny Russian
Lou Island English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguageOfCountry"
Lou Island Tok Pisin via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguageOfCountry"
Lou Island Hiri Motu via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguageOfCountry"
Islamic Military Counter Terrorism Coalition Arabic via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Islamic Military Counter Terrorism Coalition English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Republic of Buryatia Russian
Republic of Buryatia Buryats
surface form: Buryat
Scugog English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Supreme Court of Ghana English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Ghana Police Service English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Comunidad de Villa y Tierra de Piedrahíta Spanish via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Comunidad de Villa y Tierra de Piedrahíta Castilian via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"