nativeLanguage
P151
predicate
Indicates the language that a person or entity originally learned and uses as their primary or first language.
All labels observed (32)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| languageSpoken | 52,662 |
| nativeLanguage canonical | 13,293 |
| languageOfOrigin | 12,073 |
| motherTongue | 266 |
| nativeLabelLanguage | 110 |
| native language | 81 |
| languageOfNativeLabel | 74 |
| motherLanguage | 42 |
| hasNativeLanguage | 41 |
| 母語 | 12 |
| nativeLanguageOf | 11 |
| nativeLanguageCode | 5 |
| firstLanguage | 4 |
| nativeLanguageUsed | 4 |
| اللغة_الأم | 4 |
| languageOfCharacterOrigin | 3 |
| languageBackground | 2 |
| motherTongueLikely | 2 |
| primaryAncestralLanguage | 2 |
| 母语 | 2 |
| alsoNativeLanguage | 1 |
| bahasaAsli | 1 |
| canHaveNativeLanguage | 1 |
| firstKnownLanguage | 1 |
| idiomaNativo | 1 |
| languageOfUpbringing | 1 |
| lengua materna | 1 |
| nativeLanguageOfPersonnel | 1 |
| שפת אם | 1 |
| اللغة الأم | 1 |
| زبان مادری منسوب | 1 |
| 모국어 | 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: nativeLanguage
Generated description
Indicates the language that a person or entity originally learned and uses as their primary or first language.
Sample triples (78,705)
| Subject | Object |
|---|---|
| Ban Johnson | English via predicate surface "languageSpoken" ⓘ |
| Henrietta Hill Swope | English via predicate surface "languageSpoken" ⓘ |
| Alexander McDougall | English via predicate surface "languageSpoken" ⓘ |
| Adolf Borchers | German via predicate surface "languageSpoken" ⓘ |
| Amy Irving | English via predicate surface "languageSpoken" ⓘ |
| Prentiss M. Brown | English ⓘ |
| Sophie Cookson | English via predicate surface "languageSpoken" ⓘ |
| Tsageri |
Georgian language
via predicate surface "languageSpoken"
ⓘ
surface form:
Georgian
|
| Margaret Theresa of Spain | Spanish ⓘ |
| Raoul La Roche | French via predicate surface "languageSpoken" ⓘ |
| Raoul La Roche | German via predicate surface "languageSpoken" ⓘ |
| Talia Shire | English via predicate surface "languageSpoken" ⓘ |
|
Ronald N. Perlman
surface form:
Ron Perlman
|
English via predicate surface "languageSpoken" ⓘ |
| Wayne Campbell | English via predicate surface "languageSpoken" ⓘ |
| Andy Bechtolsheim | German via predicate surface "languageSpoken" ⓘ |
| Andy Bechtolsheim | English via predicate surface "languageSpoken" ⓘ |
| Beitbridge | English via predicate surface "languageSpoken" ⓘ |
| Beitbridge | Shona via predicate surface "languageSpoken" ⓘ |
| Beitbridge |
Northern Ndebele
via predicate surface "languageSpoken"
ⓘ
surface form:
Ndebele
|
| Picenum | Picene language via predicate surface "languageSpoken" ⓘ |
| Giovanni Geronimo Ramolino | Italian via predicate surface "languageSpoken" ⓘ |
| Giovanni Geronimo Ramolino | Corsican via predicate surface "languageSpoken" ⓘ |
| Maud, Countess of Huntingdon | Old English via predicate surface "languageSpoken" ⓘ |
| Maud, Countess of Huntingdon |
Anglo-Norman
via predicate surface "languageSpoken"
ⓘ
surface form:
Norman French
|
| Theodoros Kolokotronis | Greek via predicate surface "languageSpoken" ⓘ |
| Aspasia of Miletus | Ancient Greek via predicate surface "languageSpoken" ⓘ |
| U Nu | Burmese via predicate surface "languageSpoken" ⓘ |
| U Nu | English via predicate surface "languageSpoken" ⓘ |
| Mohammad Ali Bogra | Bengali via predicate surface "languageSpoken" ⓘ |
| Mohammad Ali Bogra | Urdu via predicate surface "languageSpoken" ⓘ |
| Mohammad Ali Bogra | English via predicate surface "languageSpoken" ⓘ |
|
Brian Cohen in Monty Python’s Life of Brian
surface form:
Brian Cohen
|
Aramaic (implied) via predicate surface "languageSpoken" ⓘ |
|
Brian Cohen in Monty Python’s Life of Brian
surface form:
Brian Cohen
|
Latin (limited, comic effect) via predicate surface "languageSpoken" ⓘ |
| Charles Meneveau | English via predicate surface "languageSpoken" ⓘ |
| Charles Meneveau | French via predicate surface "languageSpoken" ⓘ |
| Charles Meneveau | Spanish via predicate surface "languageSpoken" ⓘ |
| Syd Cassyd | English ⓘ |
| Yitzhak Gruenbaum | Polish via predicate surface "languageSpoken" ⓘ |
| Yitzhak Gruenbaum | Yiddish via predicate surface "languageSpoken" ⓘ |
| Yitzhak Gruenbaum | Hebrew via predicate surface "languageSpoken" ⓘ |
| Horst Kasner | German ⓘ |
| Taj Mahal Begum | Urdu via predicate surface "languageSpoken" ⓘ |
| Taj Mahal Begum | Persian via predicate surface "languageSpoken" ⓘ |
| Juliette Lewis | English via predicate surface "languageSpoken" ⓘ |
| Tilda Swinton | English via predicate surface "languageSpoken" ⓘ |
| Laws of Time | English via predicate surface "languageOfOrigin" ⓘ |
| Sacha Dhawan | English via predicate surface "languageSpoken" ⓘ |
| Davies | Welsh via predicate surface "languageOfOrigin" ⓘ |
|
the greenwood
surface form:
The Greenwood
|
English via predicate surface "languageOfOrigin" ⓘ |
| Alfred Tarski | Polish via predicate surface "languageSpoken" ⓘ |