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 |
|---|---|
| OK | English via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan | English via predicate surface "languageMajority" ⓘ |
| Pieter | Afrikaans via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Thionville |
Rhenish Franconian
via predicate surface "regionalLanguage"
ⓘ
surface form:
Lorraine Franconian
|
| Thionville | Luxembourgish via predicate surface "regionalLanguage" ⓘ |
| Vanderbijlpark | Afrikaans via predicate surface "languageMajority" ⓘ |
| Vanderbijlpark | Sesotho via predicate surface "languageMajority" ⓘ |
| Vanderbijlpark | English via predicate surface "languageMajority" ⓘ |
| Krugersdorp | Afrikaans via predicate surface "languageMajority" ⓘ |
| Krugersdorp | English via predicate surface "languageMajority" ⓘ |
| Fredericton | English via predicate surface "languageMajority" ⓘ |
| Brest | Breton via predicate surface "regionalLanguage" ⓘ |
| Brest | Gallo via predicate surface "regionalLanguage" ⓘ |
| John | English via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| John | Scottish Gaelic via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| John | Irish via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| John | Welsh via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| John | German via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| John | Dutch via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| John | Afrikaans via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| John | Swedish via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| John | Norwegian via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| John | Danish via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| John | Icelandic via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| John | Czech via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| John | Polish via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| John |
Slovak language
via predicate surface "languageOfUse"
ⓘ
surface form:
Slovak
|
| John | Slovene via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| John | Hungarian via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| John | Romanian via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| John | Finnish via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| John | Estonian via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| John | Latvian via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| John | Lithuanian via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| John | Maltese via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| John | Basque via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| John |
Galician language
via predicate surface "languageOfUse"
ⓘ
surface form:
Galician
|
| John |
Portuguese language
via predicate surface "languageOfUse"
ⓘ
surface form:
Portuguese
|
| John | Spanish via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| John | Italian via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| John | French via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| John | Breton via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| John | Catalan via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| John | Occitan via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| John | Albanian via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| John | Greek via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| John | Russian via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| John | Ukrainian via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| John | Belarusian via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| John | Serbian via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |