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 |
|---|---|
| Cohen | Yiddish via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Cohen | English via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Cohen | French via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Cohen | Spanish via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Cohen | Arabic via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Kobuleti | Adjarian dialect of Georgian via predicate surface "regionalLanguage" ⓘ |
| Ariège | Occitan via predicate surface "regionalLanguage" ⓘ |
| Ligurian coast | Ligurian language via predicate surface "regionalLanguage" ⓘ |
| Bao’an | Chinese via predicate surface "languageMajority" ⓘ |
| Plateau-Mont-Royal | French via predicate surface "languageMajority" ⓘ |
| Lensk | Sakha via predicate surface "regionalLanguage" ⓘ |
| Carol | English via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Marietta, Ohio | English via predicate surface "officialLanguageDeFacto" ⓘ |
| Cedritos area | Spanish via predicate surface "languageMajority" ⓘ |
| Mill | Peel dialect of Brabantian via predicate surface "regionalLanguage" ⓘ |
| Jackson, Nebraska | English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguageDeFacto" ⓘ |
| Colonia Fuentes del Pedregal | Spanish in Mexico City via predicate surface "officialLanguageDeFacto" ⓘ |
| Udupi Krishna Matha | Kannada via predicate surface "regionalLanguage" ⓘ |
| Huw | Welsh via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Hauke | German via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Hauke | Low German via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
|
SA
surface form:
SA postcode area
|
English via predicate surface "languageMajority" ⓘ |
| Marquesas Islands | Marquesan language via predicate surface "regionalLanguage" ⓘ |
| Federated Malay States | Malay via predicate surface "commonLanguage" ⓘ |
| Kingdom of Kakheti | Georgian language via predicate surface "commonLanguage" ⓘ |
| Malaita Province | Solomon Islands Pijin via predicate surface "commonLanguage" ⓘ |
| Andris | Latvian via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Andris | Lithuanian via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Andris |
Estonian language
via predicate surface "languageOfUse"
ⓘ
surface form:
Estonian
|
| Andris | Norwegian via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Andris | Swedish via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Andris | Danish via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Andris | Finnish via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Manteca | English via predicate surface "languageMajority" ⓘ |
| Vorarlberg | Alemannic German via predicate surface "regionalLanguage" ⓘ |
| Hanford | English via predicate surface "languageMajority" ⓘ |
| Mughal Subah of Bengal | Bengali via predicate surface "commonLanguage" ⓘ |
| Clem | English via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
|
Middle Combination Room
surface form:
Middle Combination Room, Jesus College, Cambridge
|
English via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Sint Philipsland | Zeelandic via predicate surface "regionalLanguage" ⓘ |
| Electorate of Brandenburg | Low German via predicate surface "commonLanguage" ⓘ |
| Electorate of Brandenburg | Polish via predicate surface "commonLanguage" ⓘ |
| Bredevoort |
Dutch Low Saxon
via predicate surface "regionalLanguage"
ⓘ
surface form:
Achterhoeks Low Saxon
|
| Jody | English via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| At-Tur neighborhood | Arabic via predicate surface "languageMajority" ⓘ |
| Greta | German via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Greta | Swedish via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Greta | Italian via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Greta | Dutch via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Greta | English via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |