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
Torre de Moncorvo Portuguese language via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
surface form: Portuguese
Moimenta da Beira Portuguese language
surface form: Portuguese
Penedono Portuguese
Tarouca Portuguese language via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
surface form: Portuguese
Resende Portuguese
CIM Douro Portuguese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
D.N.J. English
Irbid Governorate Arabic
Ramtha Arabic
Government of Rwanda Kinyarwanda
Government of Rwanda English
Government of Rwanda French
Government of Rwanda Swahili language
surface form: Swahili
Gasabo District Kinyarwanda via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Gasabo District English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Gasabo District French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Gasabo District Swahili via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Uyo Local Government Council English via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Ezha language none via predicate surface "countryOfficialLanguageOf"
International Judo Federation English
International Judo Federation French
International Judo Federation Spanish
International Shooting Sport Federation English
International Shooting Sport Federation French
International Shooting Sport Federation German
International Shooting Sport Federation Russian
International Modern Pentathlon Union English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
International Modern Pentathlon Union French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
World Karate Federation English
World Karate Federation Spanish
World Karate Federation French
World Karate Federation Arabic
World Karate Federation Russian
International Golf Federation English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
European Monetary Institute English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
European Monetary Institute French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
European Monetary Institute German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Municipal Council of Morcote Italian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Aigio Greek via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Thira (municipality) Greek
Provincial Government of Zambales Filipino via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Provincial Government of Zambales English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Aqaba Governorate Arabic
Chefchaouen Arabic
Ksar el-Kebir Arabic
Oriental Region Arabic
Order of Saint John Latin via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Order of Saint John various European vernaculars via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Portuguese Constitutional Monarchy Portuguese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Provisional Government of Portugal Portuguese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"