deFactoLanguage
P237
predicate
Indicates that a language is used in practice as the primary or common language in a context, even if it has no official legal status there.
All labels observed (24)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| languageOfUse | 3,442 |
| languageMajority | 1,404 |
| regionalLanguage | 1,011 |
| commonLanguage | 548 |
| hasOfficialLanguageDeFacto | 172 |
| commonLanguages | 67 |
| officialLanguageDeFacto | 63 |
| usedAsLinguaFrancaIn | 62 |
| hasDeFactoLanguage | 34 |
| deFactoLanguage canonical | 28 |
| vernacularLanguage | 23 |
| primaryWorkingLanguage | 9 |
| currentLanguage | 7 |
| usedAsSecondLanguageIn | 7 |
| isLinguaFrancaFor | 3 |
| languageDeFacto | 3 |
| deFactoOfficialLanguage | 2 |
| languageOfficialDeFacto | 2 |
| usedLanguageDeFacto | 2 |
| currentLinguaFranca | 1 |
| deFactoMajorityLanguage | 1 |
| languageUsedDeFacto | 1 |
| usesDeFactoLanguage | 1 |
| שפה רשמית דה-פקטו | 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: deFactoLanguage
Generated description
Indicates that a language is used in practice as the primary or common language in a context, even if it has no official legal status there.
Sample triples (6,894)
| Subject | Object |
|---|---|
| Maneckji | Gujarati via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Maneckji | English via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Maneckji | Persian via predicate surface "languageOfUse" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| New Germany, Minnesota | English via predicate surface "languageMajority" ⓘ |
| Axelina | Swedish via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Kenel | English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguageDeFacto" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| Fermont | French via predicate surface "languageMajority" ⓘ |
| Elizabeth Seymour | English via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
|
Bratt
surface form:
Edith Mary Bratt
|
English via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| East Point / Causeway Bay area | Cantonese via predicate surface "languageMajority" ⓘ |
| Tigris River corridor | Arabic via predicate surface "languageMajority" ⓘ |
| 聖司 | Japanese via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
|
Bad Königshofen, Germany
surface form:
Bad Königshofen
|
East Franconian German via predicate surface "regionalLanguage" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| Queen of Navarre | Navarrese Romance via predicate surface "languageOfUse" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| Queen of Navarre | Basque via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Queen of Navarre | Occitan via predicate surface "languageOfUse" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| Queen of Navarre | French via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Queen of Navarre | Spanish via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Dimondale, Michigan | English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguageDeFacto" ⓘ |
| German Flatts, New York | English via predicate surface "languageMajority" ⓘ |
| Tamra | Arabic via predicate surface "languageMajority" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| Sally | English via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Nic | English via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Nic | Italian via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Nic | Romanian via predicate surface "languageOfUse" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| Nic | Spanish via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Nic | French via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Sune | Swedish via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Sune | Danish via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Torsten | Swedish via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Torsten | Norwegian via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Torsten | Danish via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Torsten | German via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Torsten | Icelandic via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Torsten | Faroese via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Henning | Swedish via predicate surface "languageOfUse" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| Henning | Norwegian via predicate surface "languageOfUse" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| Henning | Danish via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Ephraim, Utah | English via predicate surface "languageMajority" ⓘ |
| French Zone of Occupied Germany | French via predicate surface "hasDeFactoLanguage" ⓘ |
| Zoran | Serbian via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Zoran | Croatian via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Zoran | Bosnian via predicate surface "languageOfUse" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| Zoran | Macedonian via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Zoran | Slovene via predicate surface "languageOfUse" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
|
United States (inferred from name and public school designation; specific location not confirmed)
surface form:
United States
|
English NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| Jerald | English via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
|
Germiston, South Africa
surface form:
Germiston
|
English via predicate surface "languageMajority" ⓘ |
|
Germiston, South Africa
surface form:
Germiston
|
Afrikaans via predicate surface "languageMajority" ⓘ |
|
Germiston, South Africa
surface form:
Germiston
|
Zulu via predicate surface "languageMajority" ⓘ |