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 |
|---|---|
| Delmenhorst | Low German via predicate surface "regionalLanguage" ⓘ |
| Mary | English via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Mary | Irish via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Mary | Scottish Gaelic via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Mary | Welsh via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Mary | French via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Mary | Spanish via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Mary | Italian via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Mary | German via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Mary | Polish via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Mary | Portuguese via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Mary | Dutch via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Mary | Swedish via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Mary |
Norwegian language
via predicate surface "languageOfUse"
ⓘ
surface form:
Norwegian
|
| Mary | Danish via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Mary | Czech via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Mary | Slovak via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Mary | Hungarian via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Mary |
Romanian language
via predicate surface "languageOfUse"
ⓘ
surface form:
Romanian
|
| Mary | Greek via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Mary | Arabic via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Mary | Persian via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Mary | Turkish via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Mary | Tagalog via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Mary | various African languages via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Hans | German via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Hans | Dutch via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Hans | Danish via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Hans | Norwegian via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Hans | Swedish via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Guilherme | Portuguese via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Hong Kong under British rule | Cantonese via predicate surface "commonLanguage" ⓘ |
| Bitche |
Rhenish Franconian
via predicate surface "regionalLanguage"
ⓘ
surface form:
Lorraine Franconian
|
| Bitche | German via predicate surface "regionalLanguage" ⓘ |
| Irene | English via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Irene | Greek via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Irene | Spanish via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Irene | Italian via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Irene | French via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Irene | German via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Irene |
Portuguese language
via predicate surface "languageOfUse"
ⓘ
surface form:
Portuguese
|
| Irene | Dutch via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Irene | Scandinavian languages via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| New Taipei City | Taiwanese Hokkien via predicate surface "commonLanguages" ⓘ |
| New Taipei City | Hakka via predicate surface "commonLanguages" ⓘ |
| Yffiniac | Breton via predicate surface "regionalLanguage" ⓘ |
| Yffiniac | Gallo via predicate surface "regionalLanguage" ⓘ |
| Karamchand | Hindi via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Karamchand | Gujarati via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Fran | English via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |