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
OrganizationForSecurityAndCoOperationInEurope
surface form: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
French
OrganizationForSecurityAndCoOperationInEurope
surface form: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
German
OrganizationForSecurityAndCoOperationInEurope
surface form: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
Italian
OrganizationForSecurityAndCoOperationInEurope
surface form: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
Russian
OrganizationForSecurityAndCoOperationInEurope
surface form: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
Spanish
Quattro Castella Italian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Zeulenroda-Triebes German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Departamento Lago Argentino Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Municipality of Hermosillo Spanish
Plaza de la Marina Española, Madrid, Spain
surface form: Plaza de la Marina Española
Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Mangla village Urdu via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED
Uri, Baramulla district Urdu
Uri, Baramulla district Kashmiri
Uri, Baramulla district Dogri NERFINISHED
Uri, Baramulla district Hindi
Uri, Baramulla district English
Wankaner Gujarati
Wankaner Hindi
Shire of Aurukun English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Santa Maria, Bulacan Filipino
Santa Maria, Bulacan English
IBU
surface form: International Biathlon Union
English
IBU
surface form: International Biathlon Union
German
World Junior Curling Championships English
World Wheelchair Curling Championship English via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Karabulak Russian via predicate surface "officialLanguageOfCountry" NERFINISHED
Sunzha (town)
surface form: Sunzha
Russian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Malagasy Academy Malagasy NERFINISHED
Malagasy Academy French
First Malagasy Republic French
First Malagasy Republic Malagasy
Government of Madagascar Malagasy via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Government of Madagascar French via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Central Bank of Madagascar Malagasy via predicate surface "officialLanguageOfJurisdiction"
Central Bank of Madagascar French via predicate surface "officialLanguageOfJurisdiction"
COI French
COI English
COI Portuguese
COI Malagasy NERFINISHED
COI Comorian
COI Seychellois Creole NERFINISHED
Fono a Faipule Samoan
New Zealand administration of Western Samoa under League of Nations mandate English via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Aesch (BL) German
Münchenstein German
Biel-Benken German
Oberwil (BL) German
Augst German
Landrat Basel-Landschaft German
Point Puer (former boys' prison nearby)
surface form: Point Puer
English via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration" NERFINISHED