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 |
|---|---|
| Charles | Scandinavian languages via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | Vincentian Creole English via predicate surface "commonLanguage" ⓘ |
|
Duncan, Oklahoma, United States
surface form:
Duncan, Oklahoma
|
English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguageDeFacto" ⓘ |
| Leeward Islands | English via predicate surface "languageMajority" ⓘ |
| Marseille |
Occitan
via predicate surface "regionalLanguage"
ⓘ
surface form:
Provençal Occitan
|
| Robart | English via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Milan | Lombard via predicate surface "regionalLanguage" ⓘ |
| Barbados | Bajan Creole via predicate surface "commonLanguage" ⓘ |
| Batavian Republic | Dutch via predicate surface "commonLanguage" ⓘ |
| Hokkaido | Hokkaido dialect of Japanese via predicate surface "regionalLanguage" ⓘ |
| Sindh | Sindhi via predicate surface "regionalLanguage" ⓘ |
| Sindh |
Urdu language
via predicate surface "regionalLanguage"
ⓘ
surface form:
Urdu
|
| Sindh | Punjabi via predicate surface "regionalLanguage" ⓘ |
| Sindh | Balochi via predicate surface "regionalLanguage" ⓘ |
| Sindh | Seraiki via predicate surface "regionalLanguage" ⓘ |
| Sindh | Gujarati via predicate surface "regionalLanguage" ⓘ |
| Azad Jammu and Kashmir | Pahari via predicate surface "commonLanguage" ⓘ |
| Azad Jammu and Kashmir | Gojri via predicate surface "commonLanguage" ⓘ |
| Azad Jammu and Kashmir | Kashmiri via predicate surface "commonLanguage" ⓘ |
| Azad Jammu and Kashmir |
Punjabi language
via predicate surface "commonLanguage"
ⓘ
surface form:
Punjabi
|
| Brazzaville | Lingala via predicate surface "commonLanguages" ⓘ |
| Brazzaville | Kituba via predicate surface "commonLanguages" ⓘ |
| Dominica |
Antillean Creole
via predicate surface "regionalLanguage"
ⓘ
surface form:
Dominican Creole French
|
| Edinburgh | Scots via predicate surface "regionalLanguage" ⓘ |
| Edinburgh | Scottish Gaelic via predicate surface "regionalLanguage" ⓘ |
|
Thai
surface form:
Thai language
|
Laos via predicate surface "usedAsSecondLanguageIn" ⓘ |
|
Thai
surface form:
Thai language
|
Cambodia via predicate surface "usedAsSecondLanguageIn" ⓘ |
|
Thai
surface form:
Thai language
|
Myanmar via predicate surface "usedAsSecondLanguageIn" ⓘ |
| Great Andamanese | mixed Great Andamanese language via predicate surface "currentLinguaFranca" ⓘ |
| Romaniote Jews | Greek via predicate surface "vernacularLanguage" ⓘ |
| Gweru | Shona via predicate surface "languageMajority" ⓘ |
| Galle | Sinhala via predicate surface "languageMajority" ⓘ |
| Ibadan |
Yoruba
via predicate surface "languageMajority"
ⓘ
surface form:
Yoruba language
|
| Jaffna | Tamil via predicate surface "languageMajority" ⓘ |
| British Ceylon | Sinhala via predicate surface "commonLanguage" ⓘ |
| British Ceylon | Tamil via predicate surface "commonLanguage" ⓘ |
| Haryana | Haryanvi via predicate surface "regionalLanguage" ⓘ |
| Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur |
Occitan
via predicate surface "regionalLanguage"
ⓘ
surface form:
Provençal Occitan
|
| Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur | Niçard Occitan via predicate surface "regionalLanguage" ⓘ |
| Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur | Ligurian (in some areas) via predicate surface "regionalLanguage" ⓘ |
| Sikh Empire | Punjabi via predicate surface "commonLanguage" ⓘ |
| Sikh Empire | Persian via predicate surface "commonLanguage" ⓘ |
| Occitanie | Occitan via predicate surface "regionalLanguage" ⓘ |
| Occitanie | Catalan via predicate surface "regionalLanguage" ⓘ |
| Aribert | German via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| San Francisco County | English via predicate surface "languageMajority" ⓘ |
| Mount Isa | English via predicate surface "languageMajority" ⓘ |
| Northern Ireland | Irish via predicate surface "regionalLanguage" ⓘ |
| Northern Ireland |
Scots
via predicate surface "regionalLanguage"
ⓘ
surface form:
Ulster Scots
|
| San Antonio | English via predicate surface "languageMajority" ⓘ |