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
International Federation of Catholic Universities Portuguese
International Federation of Catholic Universities Italian
Federal Court of Appeal English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Federal Court of Appeal French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol Italian
Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol German
Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol Ladin
linked to: Ladin language
Soviet occupation of Kuril Islands Russian via predicate surface "languageOfOfficialAdministration"
Labuan Malay
International Mathematical Union English
Sir Feirionnydd Welsh via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Libreville French
Chetumal Spanish
Veckring French
Mako, Kingdom of Hungary Hungarian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
linked to: Hungarian language
Hoài Đức District Vietnamese
State of Rio de Janeiro Portuguese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance (USAID) English
European Research Council
linked to: ERC
English
Ijevan Armenian
linked to: Armenian language
Chancery of the Orders of the White Rose of Finland and the Lion of Finland Finnish
Chancery of the Orders of the White Rose of Finland and the Lion of Finland Swedish
Saxony-Anhalt German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Canela Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Canton of Valence-2 French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
World Communion of Reformed Churches English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
World Communion of Reformed Churches French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
World Communion of Reformed Churches Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
World Communion of Reformed Churches German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
World Communion of Reformed Churches Korean via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
World Communion of Reformed Churches Portuguese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
World Communion of Reformed Churches Indonesian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
World Communion of Reformed Churches Arabic via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
World Communion of Reformed Churches Russian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
World Communion of Reformed Churches Swahili via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
linked to: Swahili language
Valcartier, Quebec French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Centre-Val de Loire French
Duchy of Florence Italian
Thuringia German
Chêne-Bougeries French
National Bank of Kazakhstan Kazakh via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
National Bank of Kazakhstan Russian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith
linked to: DDF
Latin
Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith
linked to: DDF
Italian
Disciplinary Section Latin via predicate surface "languageOfOfficialActs"
MoP Arabic
NDH Croatian
Eemsdelta Dutch
Puebla FC Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Madhubani district Maithili