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 |
|---|---|
| Colony of Newfoundland | English via predicate surface "commonLanguage" ⓘ |
| Hildegard | German via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Hilde | German via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Hilde | Dutch via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Hilde | Norwegian via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Hilde | Danish via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Hilde | Swedish via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Asti | Piedmontese via predicate surface "regionalLanguage" ⓘ |
| El Loa Province | Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguageDeFacto" ⓘ |
| Geoffrey II, Duke of Brittany | Old French via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Geoffrey II, Duke of Brittany | Latin via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Poppa of Bayeux | Old French via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Woodlake, California | English via predicate surface "languageMajority" ⓘ |
| Prophet, Forerunner and Baptist of the Lord | liturgical English via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Polokwane |
Northern Sotho (Sepedi)
via predicate surface "languageMajority"
ⓘ
surface form:
Northern Sotho
|
| Zugdidi | Georgian via predicate surface "languageMajority" ⓘ |
| Zugdidi |
Mingrelian language
via predicate surface "regionalLanguage"
ⓘ
surface form:
Mingrelian
|
| Santiago basin | Spanish via predicate surface "languageMajority" ⓘ |
| Máfil | Spanish via predicate surface "languageMajority" ⓘ |
| Worcester | Afrikaans via predicate surface "languageMajority" ⓘ |
| Andrej | Slavic languages via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Jens | Danish via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Jens | Norwegian via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Jens | Swedish via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Jens | German via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Bek | English via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Master Blaster | English via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Joshua Tree, California | English via predicate surface "languageMajority" ⓘ |
| Doral, Florida | Spanish via predicate surface "languageMajority" ⓘ |
| Doral, Florida | English via predicate surface "languageMajority" ⓘ |
| PE | English via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| PE | French via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Nelspruit | siSwati via predicate surface "languageMajority" ⓘ |
| Nelspruit | Afrikaans via predicate surface "languageMajority" ⓘ |
| Nelspruit | English via predicate surface "languageMajority" ⓘ |
| Cuddalore | Tamil via predicate surface "languageMajority" ⓘ |
| Poul | Danish via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Poul |
Norwegian language
via predicate surface "languageOfUse"
ⓘ
surface form:
Norwegian
|
| Poul |
Faroese language
via predicate surface "languageOfUse"
ⓘ
surface form:
Faroese
|
| Natal | Portuguese via predicate surface "languageMajority" ⓘ |
| Susannah Hooker | English via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Bloem | Afrikaans via predicate surface "languageMajority" ⓘ |
| Bloem | Sesotho via predicate surface "languageMajority" ⓘ |
| Bloem | English via predicate surface "languageMajority" ⓘ |
| Mirabel, Quebec | French-speaking population via predicate surface "languageMajority" ⓘ |
| Nazikeda Kadın | Ottoman Turkish via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Mymensingh |
Jamalpuri dialect
via predicate surface "regionalLanguage"
ⓘ
surface form:
Mymensinghia dialect of Bengali
|
| Bernstein | Yiddish via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Changana | parts of southern Mozambique via predicate surface "usedAsLinguaFrancaIn" ⓘ |
| Jiang'an District | Mandarin Chinese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguageDeFacto" ⓘ |