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 |
|---|---|
| Gerard | Dutch via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Gerard | English via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Gerard | French via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Gerard | Spanish via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Gerard | Catalan via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Lydenburg | Afrikaans via predicate surface "languageMajority" ⓘ |
| Lydenburg |
Northern Sotho (Sepedi)
via predicate surface "languageMajority"
ⓘ
surface form:
Northern Sotho
|
| James Carnegie, 2nd Earl of Southesk | Scots via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| James Carnegie, 2nd Earl of Southesk | English via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Khasab | Arabic via predicate surface "languageMajority" ⓘ |
| Linnie | English via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Centralhatchee, Georgia | English via predicate surface "languageMajority" ⓘ |
| Meppel | Drents via predicate surface "regionalLanguage" ⓘ |
| Meppel | Stellingwerfs via predicate surface "regionalLanguage" ⓘ |
| Дьокуускай | Sakha via predicate surface "regionalLanguage" ⓘ |
| Aymer of Lusignan | Old French via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Aymer of Lusignan | Latin via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Chace | English via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Basil the Elder | Greek via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Breda | West Brabantian via predicate surface "regionalLanguage" ⓘ |
| Kat | English via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
|
Wasco
surface form:
Wasco, California
|
English via predicate surface "languageMajority" ⓘ |
| Standerton | Afrikaans via predicate surface "languageMajority" ⓘ |
| James Carnegie, 3rd Earl of Southesk | Scots via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| James Carnegie, 3rd Earl of Southesk | English via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
|
Guadalupe
surface form:
Guadalupe, California
|
English via predicate surface "languageMajority" ⓘ |
| Amadeus VII, Count of Savoy | Old French via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Son Mi-jong | Korean via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
|
Lamont
surface form:
Lamont, California
|
English via predicate surface "languageMajority" ⓘ |
| Lindi | English via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Harald |
Norwegian language
via predicate surface "languageOfUse"
ⓘ
surface form:
Norwegian
|
| Harald | Danish via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Harald | Swedish via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Harald | Icelandic via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Harald | Faroese via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Nadezhda | Russian via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Nadezhda |
Belarusian language
via predicate surface "languageOfUse"
ⓘ
surface form:
Belarusian
|
| Nadezhda | Ukrainian via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Nadezhda | Bulgarian via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Lorient | Breton via predicate surface "regionalLanguage" ⓘ |
| Lorient | Gallo via predicate surface "regionalLanguage" ⓘ |
|
Texas and Mexico
surface form:
Texas
|
English via predicate surface "officialLanguageDeFacto" ⓘ |
| House of Burgundy | Old French via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Bourbon-Anjou branch | French via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Bourbon-Anjou branch | Spanish via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Orchha | Bundeli via predicate surface "regionalLanguage" ⓘ |
| Thomas Jefferson Snodgrass | English via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Gruissan | Occitan via predicate surface "regionalLanguage" ⓘ |
| Kraslava | Latgalian via predicate surface "regionalLanguage" ⓘ |
| House of Lords (as a life peer’s wife) | English via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |