officialLanguageUse

P30223
predicate

Indicates that a particular language is formally designated and used by an authority (such as a government or institution) for official communication, documentation, or functions.

All labels observed (19)

Label Occurrences
usesAdministrativeLanguage 67
languageUsedInGovernment 41
usedOfficialLanguage 20

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: officialLanguageUse
Generated description
Indicates that a particular language is formally designated and used by an authority (such as a government or institution) for official communication, documentation, or functions.

Sample triples (180)

Subject Object
NP
surface form: National Party
Afrikaans
NP
surface form: National Party
English
Villapinzón Spanish via predicate surface "languageUsedInGovernment"
Swiss Federal Council German via predicate surface "officialLanguagesUsed"
Swiss Federal Council French via predicate surface "officialLanguagesUsed"
Swiss Federal Council Italian via predicate surface "officialLanguagesUsed"
Swiss Federal Council Romansh (partially) via predicate surface "officialLanguagesUsed"
Fifth Committee (Social and General Questions) English via predicate surface "usedOfficialLanguage"
Fifth Committee (Social and General Questions) French via predicate surface "usedOfficialLanguage"
Fifth Committee (Social and General Questions) Spanish via predicate surface "usedOfficialLanguage"
Fifth Committee (Social and General Questions) other official languages of the League of Nations via predicate surface "usedOfficialLanguage"
High Courts of India official language of the state as permitted by law via predicate surface "canUseOfficialLanguage"
Minister of the Interior of the Kingdom of Italy Italian via predicate surface "usedOfficialLanguage"
High People's Courts local ethnic minorities in autonomous areas via predicate surface "mayUseLanguageOf"
Ferrargunj subdivision (partly) Hindi via predicate surface "usesAdministrativeLanguage"
Ferrargunj subdivision (partly) English via predicate surface "usesAdministrativeLanguage"
GRC English via predicate surface "usesOfficialLanguages"
GRC French via predicate surface "usesOfficialLanguages"
Nossa Senhora do Socorro Portuguese via predicate surface "languageUsedInGovernment"
Early Christian Monuments of Ravenna Italian via predicate surface "officialLanguageOfDocumentation"
Guadalupe, Nuevo León Spanish via predicate surface "languageUsedInGovernment"
São Caetano do Sul, Brazil
surface form: São Caetano do Sul
Portuguese via predicate surface "languageUsedInGovernment"
Minister of War of the Kingdom of Sardinia Italian via predicate surface "usedOfficialLanguage"
Minister of War of the Kingdom of Sardinia French via predicate surface "usedOfficialLanguage"
Minister of War of the Kingdom of Sardinia Piedmontese via predicate surface "usedOfficialLanguage"
Barbalha Portuguese via predicate surface "languageUsedInGovernment"
Acapulco de Juárez Municipality Spanish via predicate surface "languageUsedInGovernment"
Municipality of Montemorelos Spanish via predicate surface "languageUsedInGovernment"
Bank of Uganda English via predicate surface "officialLanguageOfOperations"
Guapimirim Portuguese via predicate surface "languageUsedInGovernment"
Liberian general election, 2005 English via predicate surface "languageOfOfficialConduct"
Yên Mỹ District Vietnamese via predicate surface "usesAdministrativeLanguage"
arrondissement of Cherbourg French via predicate surface "usesAdministrativeLanguage"
Sandviken Municipality Swedish via predicate surface "usesAdministrativeLanguage"
canton of Metzervisse French via predicate surface "usesAdministrativeLanguage"
Internet Governance Forum Arabic via predicate surface "usesOfficialUNLanguages"
Internet Governance Forum Chinese via predicate surface "usesOfficialUNLanguages"
Internet Governance Forum English via predicate surface "usesOfficialUNLanguages"
Internet Governance Forum French via predicate surface "usesOfficialUNLanguages"
Internet Governance Forum Russian via predicate surface "usesOfficialUNLanguages"
Internet Governance Forum Spanish via predicate surface "usesOfficialUNLanguages"
Piedras Negras Municipality Spanish via predicate surface "languageUsedInGovernment"
United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues United Nations official languages via predicate surface "usesOfficialLanguages"
New Zealand politics English via predicate surface "usesOfficialLanguagesInPolitics"
New Zealand politics Te Reo Māori via predicate surface "usesOfficialLanguagesInPolitics"
New Zealand politics New Zealand Sign Language via predicate surface "usesOfficialLanguagesInPolitics"
Eryri National Park Authority Welsh via predicate surface "usesOfficialLanguages"
Eryri National Park Authority English via predicate surface "usesOfficialLanguages"
Thann-Guebwiller French via predicate surface "usesAdministrativeLanguage"
Kulmbach district German via predicate surface "usesAdministrativeLanguage"