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 |
|---|---|
| Robert W. Taylor | English via predicate surface "languageSpoken" ⓘ |
| David Simas | English via predicate surface "languageSpoken" ⓘ |
| Ficker | German via predicate surface "languageOfOrigin" ⓘ |
| Cecilia Suyat Marshall | English via predicate surface "languageSpoken" ⓘ |
|
Lester
surface form:
Lester B. Pearson
|
English via predicate surface "languageSpoken" ⓘ |
|
Lester
surface form:
Lester (given name)
|
English via predicate surface "languageOfOrigin" ⓘ |
| Yasuo Fukuda | Japanese via predicate surface "languageSpoken" ⓘ |
| Horatio Walpole, 1st Baron Walpole of Wolterton | English ⓘ |
| Evangelical Church of Württemberg | German ⓘ |
| Richard Ben-Veniste | English via predicate surface "languageSpoken" ⓘ |
| Langhorne | English via predicate surface "languageOfOrigin" ⓘ |
| Zamboanga Peninsula |
Cebuano language
via predicate surface "languageSpoken"
ⓘ
surface form:
Cebuano
|
| Zamboanga Peninsula | Chavacano via predicate surface "languageSpoken" ⓘ |
| Zamboanga Peninsula | Tagalog via predicate surface "languageSpoken" ⓘ |
| Zamboanga Peninsula | Subanen via predicate surface "languageSpoken" ⓘ |
| Zamboanga Peninsula |
Hiligaynon language
via predicate surface "languageSpoken"
ⓘ
surface form:
Hiligaynon
|
| Fijian New Zealanders | English via predicate surface "languageSpoken" ⓘ |
| Fijian New Zealanders | Fijian via predicate surface "languageSpoken" ⓘ |
| Fijian New Zealanders | Fiji Hindi via predicate surface "languageSpoken" ⓘ |
| Samy Bengio | French via predicate surface "languageSpoken" ⓘ |
| Samy Bengio | English via predicate surface "languageSpoken" ⓘ |
| M. A. Chidambaram | Tamil via predicate surface "languageSpoken" ⓘ |
| M. A. Chidambaram | English via predicate surface "languageSpoken" ⓘ |
| Richard Yates | English via predicate surface "languageSpoken" ⓘ |
| President of the Marshall Islands | Marshallese ⓘ |
| Matthew Pinsent | English via predicate surface "languageSpoken" ⓘ |
| Sir James Dyson | English via predicate surface "languageSpoken" ⓘ |
|
Chivhu, Zimbabwe
surface form:
Chivhu
|
Shona via predicate surface "languageSpoken" ⓘ |
|
Chivhu, Zimbabwe
surface form:
Chivhu
|
English via predicate surface "languageSpoken" ⓘ |
| Saul | English via predicate surface "languageOfOrigin" ⓘ |
| Saul | German via predicate surface "languageOfOrigin" ⓘ |
| Saul | Jewish via predicate surface "languageOfOrigin" ⓘ |
| Adrienne Clarkson | English via predicate surface "languageSpoken" ⓘ |
| Adrienne Clarkson | French via predicate surface "languageSpoken" ⓘ |
| Adrienne Clarkson | Cantonese via predicate surface "languageSpoken" ⓘ |
| Hina Jilani |
Urdu language
via predicate surface "languageSpoken"
ⓘ
surface form:
Urdu
|
| Hina Jilani | English via predicate surface "languageSpoken" ⓘ |
| Ricardo Lagos | Spanish via predicate surface "languageSpoken" ⓘ |
| Ela Bhatt | Gujarati ⓘ |
| Fernando Henrique Cardoso | Portuguese via predicate surface "languageSpoken" ⓘ |
| Fernando Henrique Cardoso | English via predicate surface "languageSpoken" ⓘ |
| Fernando Henrique Cardoso | French via predicate surface "languageSpoken" ⓘ |
| Tina Knowles | English via predicate surface "languageSpoken" ⓘ |
| Gama | Portuguese via predicate surface "languageOfOrigin" ⓘ |
| Edwin Moses | English via predicate surface "languageSpoken" ⓘ |
| Lord Kelvin | English ⓘ |
| Candice Wiggins | English via predicate surface "languageSpoken" ⓘ |
| Adriaan Fokker | Dutch ⓘ |
| Gregorio Ricci-Curbastro | Italian ⓘ |
| Sidney Howard | English ⓘ |