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 |
|---|---|
| Richards Bay | Zulu via predicate surface "languageMajority" ⓘ |
| Isaac Surratt | English via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Lampeter | English via predicate surface "languageMajority" ⓘ |
| Town of Waldo, Alabama | English via predicate surface "languageMajority" ⓘ |
| Tor | Norwegian via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Tor |
Swedish language
via predicate surface "languageOfUse"
ⓘ
surface form:
Swedish
|
| Tor | Danish via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Tor | Icelandic via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Tor |
Faroese language
via predicate surface "languageOfUse"
ⓘ
surface form:
Faroese
|
| Punjab, Pakistan | Punjabi via predicate surface "regionalLanguage" ⓘ |
| Ustica | Sicilian via predicate surface "regionalLanguage" ⓘ |
| Beit She'an | Hebrew via predicate surface "languageMajority" ⓘ |
| Downey | English via predicate surface "languageMajority" ⓘ |
| Duchy of Prussia | German via predicate surface "commonLanguage" ⓘ |
| Duchy of Prussia | Polish via predicate surface "commonLanguage" ⓘ |
| Duchy of Prussia | Prussian language via predicate surface "commonLanguage" ⓘ |
|
Marié
surface form:
Marié
|
French via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Millau | Occitan via predicate surface "regionalLanguage" ⓘ |
| Parthenay | Poitevin-Saintongeais via predicate surface "regionalLanguage" ⓘ |
| Bhimrao |
Marathi language
via predicate surface "languageOfUse"
ⓘ
surface form:
Marathi
|
| Bhimrao | Hindi via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Rigmor | Norwegian via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Rigmor | Danish via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Deane | English via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Isabella, Countess of Fife | Scots via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Isabella, Countess of Fife | Latin via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Natal Province | Zulu via predicate surface "languageMajority" ⓘ |
| Anqing | Standard Chinese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguageDeFacto" ⓘ |
| Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan Municipality | Xhosa via predicate surface "languageMajority" ⓘ |
| Simone |
French
via predicate surface "languageOfUse"
ⓘ
surface form:
French language
|
| Simone | Italian language via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Simone | English language via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Simone | German language via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Simone | Dutch language via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Simone | Portuguese language via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Simone |
Spanish
via predicate surface "languageOfUse"
ⓘ
surface form:
Spanish language
|
| David Carnegie, 1st Earl of Northesk | Scots via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| David Carnegie, 1st Earl of Northesk | English via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Diogo | Portuguese via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Diogo | Galician via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Kisangani | Lingala via predicate surface "languageMajority" ⓘ |
| Wolthusen | Low German via predicate surface "regionalLanguage" ⓘ |
| Sagarejo |
Georgian language
via predicate surface "languageMajority"
ⓘ
surface form:
Georgian
|
| Prince-Bishopric of Basel | German via predicate surface "commonLanguage" ⓘ |
| Prince-Bishopric of Basel | Alemannic German via predicate surface "commonLanguage" ⓘ |
| Prince-Bishopric of Basel | French via predicate surface "commonLanguage" ⓘ |
| Red River Delta | Vietnamese via predicate surface "languageMajority" ⓘ |
| McFarland | Spanish and English via predicate surface "languageMajority" ⓘ |
| Huron | English via predicate surface "languageMajority" ⓘ |
| Nevinnomyssk | Russian via predicate surface "languageMajority" ⓘ |