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
Executive Council of the African Union French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Executive Council of the African Union Portuguese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Executive Council of the African Union Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Executive Council of the African Union Swahili language via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
surface form: Kiswahili
Executive Council of the African Union any other African language as decided by the Union via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
UC Hastings College of the Law English
Guelph English
Nuevo León Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Fuerteventura Spanish
New Mexico English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Brasília Portuguese
Paihuano Spanish
GA
surface form: United Nations General Assembly
Arabic via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
GA
surface form: United Nations General Assembly
Chinese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
GA
surface form: United Nations General Assembly
English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
GA
surface form: United Nations General Assembly
French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
GA
surface form: United Nations General Assembly
Russian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
GA
surface form: United Nations General Assembly
Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
1964 Summer Olympics Japanese
1964 Summer Olympics French
1964 Summer Olympics English
Qin dynasty Classical Chinese
Saba Dutch
Saba English
Tver Russian
Antofagasta Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Jodhpur Hindi
Office of the Attorney General for the District of Columbia English
President of the United Nations General Assembly Arabic
President of the United Nations General Assembly Chinese
President of the United Nations General Assembly English
President of the United Nations General Assembly French
President of the United Nations General Assembly Russian
President of the United Nations General Assembly Spanish
CONMEBOL Spanish
CONMEBOL Portuguese
AFC English
AFC Arabic
AFC French
AFC Spanish
OFC English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
UEFA Women's Champions League English
UEFA Women's Champions League French
UEFA Women's Champions League German
UEFA Women's Champions League Russian
Greater Accra Region English
Financial Stability Board English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Oklahoma English
La Palma Spanish
Bellary Kannada