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 |
|---|---|
| Gerald | English via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Gerald | German via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Gerald | Irish English via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Gerald | French via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Mon State | Mon language via predicate surface "regionalLanguage" ⓘ |
| Charlotte County, New Brunswick | English via predicate surface "languageMajority" ⓘ |
| Anabella Drummond | Scots via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Anabella Drummond | Latin via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Huaihua |
Standard Chinese
via predicate surface "officialLanguageDeFacto"
ⓘ
surface form:
Standard Mandarin
|
| Cooch Behar | Rajbanshi via predicate surface "regionalLanguage" ⓘ |
| Brava (Cape Verde) | Cape Verdean Creole via predicate surface "commonLanguage" ⓘ |
| Katsuragi | Japanese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguageDeFacto" ⓘ |
| Lasta woreda | Amharic via predicate surface "languageMajority" ⓘ |
| the Napoleon of the West | English via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| the Napoleon of the West | Spanish via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Ralph Hunt | English via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Bhagalpur | Angika via predicate surface "regionalLanguage" ⓘ |
| Empire of Romania | Greek via predicate surface "commonLanguage" ⓘ |
| Bishopric of Neuss | German via predicate surface "commonLanguage" ⓘ |
| Ochoa | Spanish via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Jed | English via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Dwayne | English via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Christopher Sulzberger | English via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Piers Gaveston | French via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Piers Gaveston | Middle English via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| E-27 | Japanese via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| E-27 | English via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| House of Elbeuf | French via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Sophia Louise of Mecklenburg-Schwerin | German via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Maung Nyein Chan | Burmese language via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Bishopric of Viersen | Middle Dutch via predicate surface "vernacularLanguage" ⓘ |
| Hyderabad-Karnataka | Kannada via predicate surface "languageMajority" ⓘ |
| Dan | English via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Nuestra Señora de La Paz | Spanish via predicate surface "languageMajority" ⓘ |
| Jarl | Norwegian via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Jarl | Swedish via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Jarl | Danish via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Jarl | Icelandic via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Jarl | Finnish via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Coonoor | English via predicate surface "commonLanguage" ⓘ |
| Bishopric of Heinsberg | Middle Dutch via predicate surface "vernacularLanguage" ⓘ |
| Hedvig | Swedish via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Hedvig | Norwegian via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Hedvig | Danish via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Hedvig | Icelandic via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Hedvig |
Faroese language
via predicate surface "languageOfUse"
ⓘ
surface form:
Faroese
|
| John Egerton, 2nd Duke of Bridgewater | English via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Kabul region | Dari via predicate surface "languageMajority" ⓘ |
| Strathnaver | English via predicate surface "currentLanguage" ⓘ |
| Jackson, Wyoming | English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguageDeFacto" ⓘ |