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
Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission English
Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission French
Innlandet Norwegian language
surface form: Norwegian
Hamar municipality Bokmål
Fédération Française de Football French
Games of the XXXII Olympiad Japanese
Games of the XXXII Olympiad English
Paris 2024 Organising Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Games French
Paris 2024 Organising Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Games English
International Paralympic Committee English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
International Paralympic Committee French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
International Paralympic Committee Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
CIO French
CIO English
Paris 2024 mascots French
Eastern Samar Tagalog
surface form: Filipino
Eastern Samar English
Special Operations Command Pacific English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Games of the XXXIV Olympiad French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Games of the XXXIV Olympiad English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Magic Gaming English
Judiciary of Peru Spanish
Corte Suprema de Justicia de la República Spanish
Pöcking German
Shahrukh Mirza Persian via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
Archaeological Survey of India English
Archaeological Survey of India Hindi
Macul, Santiago, Chile
surface form: Macul
Spanish
Huelva Spanish
Government of Andaman and Nicobar Islands Hindi
Government of Andaman and Nicobar Islands English
Sambalpur Odia via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Seaforth English
Spring Garden English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Leith Hall English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Airy Castle English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
North Caucasian Federal District Russian
Kingdom of Bulgaria Bulgarian
Srinagar Urdu language
surface form: Urdu
Samar Province Filipino
Samar Province English
Central Coast Council English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Castile-La Mancha Spanish
Royal Audiencia of Lima Spanish
Central African Republic French
Central African Republic Sango
Châtenay-Malabry French
Chuuk State English
Western Pacific Region English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Western Pacific Region French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"