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 |
|---|---|
| Gertrude | Dutch via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Gertrude | Scandinavian languages via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Zander | English via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Zander | German via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Zander | Dutch via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Sandi | English via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Sandee | English via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Clare, Nova Scotia | French via predicate surface "languageMajority" ⓘ |
| Adi | Hebrew via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Adi | Indonesian via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Adi | Indian languages via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Mahbubnagar Lok Sabha constituency | Telugu via predicate surface "languageMajority" ⓘ |
| House of Champagne | Old French via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Pokrovskoye, Tobolsk Governorate, Russian Empire | Russian via predicate surface "languageMajority" ⓘ |
| South Porcupine | English via predicate surface "languageMajority" ⓘ |
| Schumacher | English via predicate surface "languageMajority" ⓘ |
| McAfee-Maggart | English via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Nikolay | Russian via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Nikolay |
Bulgarian language
via predicate surface "languageOfUse"
ⓘ
surface form:
Bulgarian
|
| Nikolay | Ukrainian via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Nikolay |
Belarusian language
via predicate surface "languageOfUse"
ⓘ
surface form:
Belarusian
|
| Southwestern Russia | Russian via predicate surface "languageMajority" ⓘ |
| Pansio | Finnish via predicate surface "languageMajority" ⓘ |
| Arvo | Finnish via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Arvo | Estonian via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Newtongrange | English via predicate surface "languageMajority" ⓘ |
| Aurich |
East Frisian Low Saxon (partly)
via predicate surface "regionalLanguage"
ⓘ
surface form:
East Frisian Low Saxon
|
| Aurich | Saterland Frisian (in wider region) via predicate surface "regionalLanguage" ⓘ |
| Lohja | Finnish-speaking via predicate surface "languageMajority" ⓘ |
| Malabar District | Malayalam via predicate surface "languageMajority" ⓘ |
| Luhansk Oblast | Russian-speaking population via predicate surface "languageMajority" ⓘ |
| Auvergne | Occitan via predicate surface "regionalLanguage" ⓘ |
| Auvergne | Auvergnat dialect via predicate surface "regionalLanguage" ⓘ |
| Stadt Fürth | East Franconian German via predicate surface "regionalLanguage" ⓘ |
| El Sobrante, California | English via predicate surface "languageMajority" ⓘ |
| New Hebrides | Bislama via predicate surface "commonLanguage" ⓘ |
| Vinnytsia | Ukrainian via predicate surface "languageMajority" ⓘ |
| Anne Scott, 1st Duchess of Buccleuch | Scots via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Anne Scott, 1st Duchess of Buccleuch | English via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Ledyard | English via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Orsha | Russian via predicate surface "languageMajority" ⓘ |
| Orsha |
Belarusian language
via predicate surface "languageMajority"
ⓘ
surface form:
Belarusian
|
| Hunyadi family | Hungarian via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Kok Keong | Chinese via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Grand Duchy of Posen | Polish via predicate surface "commonLanguage" ⓘ |
| Brownsville-Bawcomville, Louisiana | English via predicate surface "languageMajority" ⓘ |
| Hamey | English via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Hammy | English via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
|
Santiago (in Galician usage context)
surface form:
Santiago
|
Galician language
via predicate surface "languageOfUse"
ⓘ
surface form:
Galician
|
| Villahermosa | Spanish speakers via predicate surface "languageMajority" ⓘ |