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 |
|---|---|
| Kutaisi urban area | Georgian via predicate surface "languageMajority" ⓘ |
| Despotate of the Morea | Medieval Greek via predicate surface "commonLanguage" ⓘ |
| Kiwikapawa | Kickapoo language via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Tanah Merah | Kelantanese Malay via predicate surface "languageMajority" ⓘ |
| Aegadian Islands | Sicilian via predicate surface "regionalLanguage" ⓘ |
| John Stewart, Duke of Albany | Scots via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| John Stewart, Duke of Albany | French via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Cherkasy | Ukrainian via predicate surface "languageMajority" ⓘ |
| Princess of Dubai | Arabic via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Vörå | Swedish via predicate surface "languageMajority" ⓘ |
| British North Borneo | Malay via predicate surface "commonLanguage" ⓘ |
| Axel | German via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Axel | Scandinavian languages via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Axel | Danish via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Axel | Norwegian via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Axel | Swedish via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Axel | Finnish via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Barney | English via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Athonite commonwealth | Greek via predicate surface "hasDeFactoLanguage" ⓘ |
| Athonite commonwealth | Church Slavonic via predicate surface "hasDeFactoLanguage" ⓘ |
| Athonite commonwealth | Russian via predicate surface "hasDeFactoLanguage" ⓘ |
| Athonite commonwealth | Bulgarian via predicate surface "hasDeFactoLanguage" ⓘ |
| Athonite commonwealth | Romanian via predicate surface "hasDeFactoLanguage" ⓘ |
| Athonite commonwealth | Serbian via predicate surface "hasDeFactoLanguage" ⓘ |
| Athonite commonwealth |
Georgian language
via predicate surface "hasDeFactoLanguage"
ⓘ
surface form:
Georgian
|
| Raymond | English via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Raymond | French via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Raymond | German via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Raymond | Spanish via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Raymond | Dutch via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Raymond | Catalan via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Orel | English via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Ahvaz | Persian via predicate surface "languageMajority" ⓘ |
| Ean | English via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Tomsk | Russian via predicate surface "languageMajority" ⓘ |
| Tiraspol | Russian via predicate surface "officialLanguageDeFacto" ⓘ |
| Tiraspol | Moldovan (Romanian in Cyrillic script) via predicate surface "officialLanguageDeFacto" ⓘ |
| Tiraspol | Ukrainian via predicate surface "officialLanguageDeFacto" ⓘ |
| South Canara (part) | Malayalam via predicate surface "languageMajority" ⓘ |
| Province of Rovigo | Venetian via predicate surface "regionalLanguage" ⓘ |
| Tutzing | Bavarian dialect via predicate surface "regionalLanguage" ⓘ |
| Tubbs | English via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Klang | English via predicate surface "commonLanguage" ⓘ |
| Klang | Mandarin Chinese via predicate surface "commonLanguage" ⓘ |
| Klang | Tamil via predicate surface "commonLanguage" ⓘ |
| Volodymyr | Ukrainian via predicate surface "languageMajority" ⓘ |
| Valentin | German via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Valentin | French via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Valentin | Spanish via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Valentin | Portuguese via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |