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 |
|---|---|
| Annette | French via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Annette | English via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Annette | German via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Annette | Dutch via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Rodez | Occitan via predicate surface "regionalLanguage" ⓘ |
| Maria Ernestine von Starhemberg | German via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Fumei | Chinese language via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Ouray County, Colorado | English via predicate surface "officialLanguageDeFacto" ⓘ |
| Błonie, Congress Poland | Polish via predicate surface "languageMajority" ⓘ |
| Wallis | English via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Baotou | Mongolian via predicate surface "regionalLanguage" ⓘ |
| Leer |
East Frisian Low Saxon (partly)
via predicate surface "regionalLanguage"
ⓘ
surface form:
East Frisian Low Saxon
|
| Greetsiel |
East Frisian Low Saxon (partly)
via predicate surface "regionalLanguage"
ⓘ
surface form:
East Frisian Low Saxon
|
|
Lafayette
surface form:
Lafayette, Louisiana
|
English via predicate surface "languageMajority" ⓘ |
| Province of Cuneo | Piedmontese via predicate surface "regionalLanguage" ⓘ |
| Province of Cuneo | Occitan via predicate surface "regionalLanguage" ⓘ |
| Province of Cuneo | Ligurian via predicate surface "regionalLanguage" ⓘ |
| Acuña | Spanish via predicate surface "languageMajority" ⓘ |
| San Fernando, California | English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguageDeFacto" ⓘ |
| Vigors | English via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Ludo | Italian via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Ludo | English via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Var department |
Vivaro-Alpine Occitan
via predicate surface "regionalLanguage"
ⓘ
surface form:
Provençal Occitan
|
| Var department |
Niçard Occitan
via predicate surface "regionalLanguage"
ⓘ
surface form:
Niçard (Occitan dialect)
|
| Textile City | English via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Hepburn | international via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Pointe Anne, Ontario, Canada | English via predicate surface "languageMajority" ⓘ |
| Empire of Nicaea | Medieval Greek via predicate surface "commonLanguage" ⓘ |
| Sal (Cape Verde) | Cape Verdean Creole via predicate surface "commonLanguage" ⓘ |
| American Zone of Occupied Germany | English via predicate surface "hasDeFactoLanguage" ⓘ |
| Prototype | C++ via predicate surface "commonLanguage" ⓘ |
| Prototype | Java via predicate surface "commonLanguage" ⓘ |
| Prototype | C# via predicate surface "commonLanguage" ⓘ |
| Prototype | JavaScript via predicate surface "commonLanguage" ⓘ |
| Visitor | Java via predicate surface "commonLanguages" ⓘ |
| Visitor | C# via predicate surface "commonLanguages" ⓘ |
| Visitor | C++ via predicate surface "commonLanguages" ⓘ |
| Visitor | Python via predicate surface "commonLanguages" ⓘ |
| Mae Sai | Thai via predicate surface "languageMajority" ⓘ |
| Ibagué urban area | Spanish via predicate surface "languageMajority" ⓘ |
| Maktub | Portuguese via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Maktub | English via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| John Casimir, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken-Kleeburg | German via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| John Casimir, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken-Kleeburg | Swedish via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Douglas County, Illinois | English via predicate surface "officialLanguageDeFacto" ⓘ |
| Upland | English via predicate surface "languageMajority" ⓘ |
| Emalahleni | isiZulu via predicate surface "languageMajority" ⓘ |
| Emalahleni | isiNdebele via predicate surface "languageMajority" ⓘ |
| Emalahleni | Afrikaans via predicate surface "languageMajority" ⓘ |
| Emalahleni | English via predicate surface "languageMajority" ⓘ |