officialLanguageDuringColonialPeriod

P54956
predicate

Indicates that a language served as the official language of administration or governance in a territory during its colonial period.

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All labels observed (6)

Label Occurrences
colonialLanguageInfluence 7
colonialLanguageStatus 2
colonialLanguageContext 1

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: officialLanguageDuringColonialPeriod
Generated description
Indicates that a language served as the official language of administration or governance in a territory during its colonial period.

Sample triples (13)

Subject Object
Lourenço Marques Portuguese ⓘ
Nggela people English via predicate surface "colonialLanguageInfluence" ⓘ
Española Spanish Empire via predicate surface "colonialLanguageContext" ⓘ
Dogon French via predicate surface "colonialLanguageInfluence" ⓘ
Mandated Islands German via predicate surface "previousColonialLanguage" ⓘ
Afro-Saint Lucian people French via predicate surface "colonialLanguageInfluence" ⓘ
Afro-Saint Lucian people English via predicate surface "colonialLanguageInfluence" ⓘ
Forro people Portuguese via predicate surface "colonialLanguageInfluence" ⓘ
Beti-Pahuin peoples French via predicate surface "colonialLanguageInfluence" ⓘ
Beti-Pahuin peoples Spanish via predicate surface "colonialLanguageInfluence" ⓘ
Nahuatl-speaking peoples administrative language in New Spain via predicate surface "colonialLanguageStatus" ⓘ
Kiautschou Bay German via predicate surface "languageOfColonialName" ⓘ
Spanish Nevada official language via predicate surface "colonialLanguageStatus" ⓘ