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 |
|---|---|
| Kaja | Slavic languages via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Miramar, Wellington, New Zealand | English via predicate surface "languageMajority" ⓘ |
| Bishopric of Halver | Middle Dutch via predicate surface "vernacularLanguage" ⓘ |
| Auglaize County, Ohio | English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguageDeFacto" ⓘ |
| Shoreham, Vermont | English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguageDeFacto" ⓘ |
|
Calle 12B in Bogotá
surface form:
Calle 12B (Bogotá)
|
Spanish via predicate surface "languageMajority" ⓘ |
| Madam Vice President | English via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
|
Paraparaumu, New Zealand
surface form:
Paraparaumu
|
English via predicate surface "languageMajority" ⓘ |
| Hudson Oaks, Texas | English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguageDeFacto" ⓘ |
| Instruments of Unity | English via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| François-Ferdinand Christophe | French via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| François-Ferdinand Christophe | Haitian Creole via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Tony | English via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Tony | Italian via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Tony | French via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Tony | Spanish via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
|
John
surface form:
John Churchill, Marquess of Blandford
|
English via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Duchy of Mantua | Lombard via predicate surface "commonLanguage" ⓘ |
| Lennard | German via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Lennard | Dutch via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Lennard | English via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Lennie | English via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Bagirmi language | southwestern Chad via predicate surface "usedAsLinguaFrancaIn" ⓘ |
| Warffum | Gronings via predicate surface "regionalLanguage" ⓘ |
| Dr Ruth Segomotsi Mompati District | Setswana via predicate surface "languageMajority" ⓘ |
| Mogoditshane | Setswana via predicate surface "languageMajority" ⓘ |
| Cypress | English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguageDeFacto" ⓘ |
| Mahikeng | Setswana via predicate surface "languageMajority" ⓘ |
|
remained under Israeli control after 1949 Armistice Agreements
surface form:
West Jerusalem
|
Hebrew via predicate surface "languageMajority" ⓘ |
| Canton of Jura | French-speaking population via predicate surface "languageMajority" ⓘ |
| De Marne | Gronings via predicate surface "regionalLanguage" ⓘ |
| Municipality of Santa Catarina, Nuevo León | Spanish speakers via predicate surface "languageMajority" ⓘ |
| Kwang-chou | Mandarin Chinese via predicate surface "languageMajority" ⓘ |
| Kwang-chou | Cantonese via predicate surface "languageMajority" ⓘ |
| Ramos Arizpe | Spanish speakers via predicate surface "languageMajority" ⓘ |
| Dobrich |
Bulgarian language
via predicate surface "languageMajority"
ⓘ
surface form:
Bulgarian
|
| Sicily–Italian Peninsula | Sicilian via predicate surface "regionalLanguage" ⓘ |
| Sicily–Italian Peninsula | Calabrian dialects via predicate surface "regionalLanguage" ⓘ |
| Province of Syracuse | Sicilian via predicate surface "regionalLanguage" ⓘ |
| House of Dreux | Old French via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Cape Winelands District Municipality | Afrikaans via predicate surface "languageMajority" ⓘ |
| Anna Fyodorovna Paletskaya | Russian via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Maria Buynosova-Rostovskaya | Russian via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Ribeauvillé | Alsatian via predicate surface "regionalLanguage" ⓘ |
| Elizabeth Stewart, Countess of Crawford | Scots via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Elizabeth Stewart, Countess of Crawford | Latin via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Antici Group | English via predicate surface "primaryWorkingLanguage" ⓘ |
| Prince Charles of Hesse and by Rhine | German via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Klerksdorp | Tswana via predicate surface "languageMajority" ⓘ |
| Punasa | Nimadi via predicate surface "regionalLanguage" ⓘ |