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 |
|---|---|
| Electorate of Cologne | German via predicate surface "commonLanguage" ⓘ |
| Corsica |
Corsican language
via predicate surface "regionalLanguage"
ⓘ
surface form:
Corsican
|
| Corsica | Italian (historical) via predicate surface "regionalLanguage" ⓘ |
| Bill | English via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Guadeloupe |
Antillean Creole
via predicate surface "regionalLanguage"
ⓘ
surface form:
Guadeloupean Creole French
|
| Alabama | English via predicate surface "officialLanguageDeFacto" ⓘ |
| Eugene Maurice, Count of Soissons | French via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Merced | English via predicate surface "languageMajority" ⓘ |
| Kentucky | English via predicate surface "officialLanguageDeFacto" ⓘ |
| Roger | English via predicate surface "languageOfUse" GENERATED ⓘ |
| Roger | French via predicate surface "languageOfUse" GENERATED ⓘ |
| Roger | German via predicate surface "languageOfUse" GENERATED ⓘ |
| Roger | Dutch via predicate surface "languageOfUse" GENERATED ⓘ |
| Roger | Scandinavian languages via predicate surface "languageOfUse" GENERATED ⓘ |
| Ray | English via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| David Charles Carnegie, 4th Duke of Fife | English via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Vice President of the House of Deputies | English via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Kingdom of Kartli-Kakheti | Georgian language via predicate surface "commonLanguage" ⓘ |
| Lombardy | Lombard via predicate surface "regionalLanguage" ⓘ |
| Central Province, Solomon Islands | Solomon Islands Pijin via predicate surface "commonLanguage" ⓘ |
| Hugh | English via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Hugh | French via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Hugh | Scottish English via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Saint John | Virgin Islands Creole English via predicate surface "commonLanguage" ⓘ |
| Gardendale, Alabama | English via predicate surface "officialLanguageDeFacto" ⓘ |
| Bas-Rhin | Alsatian via predicate surface "regionalLanguage" ⓘ |
| Seljuk Sultanate of Rum | Oghuz Turkic via predicate surface "commonLanguages" ⓘ |
| Alva | English via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Wallonia |
Walloon language
via predicate surface "regionalLanguage"
ⓘ
surface form:
Walloon
|
| Wallonia | Picard via predicate surface "regionalLanguage" ⓘ |
| Wallonia | Champenois via predicate surface "regionalLanguage" ⓘ |
| Wallonia | Lorrain via predicate surface "regionalLanguage" ⓘ |
| Wallonia | Luxembourgish via predicate surface "regionalLanguage" ⓘ |
| Indonesian | Indonesia via predicate surface "usedAsLinguaFrancaIn" ⓘ |
| Hebron | Arabic via predicate surface "commonLanguage" ⓘ |
|
Suva, Fiji
surface form:
Suva
|
Fijian via predicate surface "commonLanguage" ⓘ |
|
Suva, Fiji
surface form:
Suva
|
Fiji Hindi via predicate surface "commonLanguage" ⓘ |
| Hispanic and Latino Americans | Spanish via predicate surface "commonLanguage" ⓘ |
| Hispanic and Latino Americans | English via predicate surface "commonLanguage" ⓘ |
| Middelburg | Zeelandic via predicate surface "regionalLanguage" ⓘ |
| Arequipa | Quechua via predicate surface "regionalLanguage" ⓘ |
| Arequipa | Aymara via predicate surface "regionalLanguage" ⓘ |
| Count of Anjou | Latin via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Count of Anjou | Old French via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Mohegan tribe | English via predicate surface "currentLanguage" ⓘ |
| Lewis and Harris | Scottish Gaelic via predicate surface "regionalLanguage" ⓘ |
| Basel-Stadt |
Alemannic German
ⓘ
surface form:
Swiss German
|
| Captaincy General of Chile | Spanish via predicate surface "commonLanguage" ⓘ |
| Xinjiang |
Uyghurs
via predicate surface "regionalLanguage"
ⓘ
surface form:
Uyghur
|
| Xinjiang |
Kazakh language
via predicate surface "regionalLanguage"
ⓘ
surface form:
Kazakh
|