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 Rowing Federation English
International Rowing Federation French
International Canoe Federation English
International Fencing Federation French
International Fencing Federation English
International Archery Federation English
International Archery Federation French
International Triathlon Union English
International Triathlon Union French
International Triathlon Union Spanish
International Triathlon Union German
International Triathlon Union Portuguese
International Triathlon Union Japanese
International Triathlon Union Italian
International Triathlon Union Russian
International Triathlon Union Chinese
International Triathlon Union Arabic
International Weightlifting Federation English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
International Weightlifting Federation French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
International Weightlifting Federation Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
International Orienteering Federation English
Municipality of Viña del Mar Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Kvinnherad Nynorsk
surface form: Norwegian Nynorsk
Dubai Municipality Arabic
Dubai Electricity and Water Authority Arabic via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Dubai Courts Arabic
Dubai Sports Council Arabic
Dubai Financial Audit Authority Arabic via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Dubai Tourism and Commerce Marketing Arabic
WAFF Championship Arabic
WAFF Championship English
Karasjok Norwegian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Karasjok Northern Sami language via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
surface form: Northern Sami
United Grand Lodge of England English
Leende Dutch via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Comune of Seveso Italian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Varedo Italian
Municipality of Milan Italian
Sofades (municipality) Greek via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Mouzaki (municipality) Greek via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Government of Brunei Malay
Gillam English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Kahnawà:ke Gaming Commission English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Kahnawà:ke Gaming Commission French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Pago Pago County English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Pago Pago County Samoan via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Calcutta Corporation Bengali via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Calcutta Corporation English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Entre Ríos Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
San Luis
surface form: San Luis Province
Spanish