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 |
|---|---|
| Leonor de Guzmán | Spanish via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Danapur subdivision | Magahi via predicate surface "regionalLanguage" ⓘ |
| Danapur subdivision | Bhojpuri via predicate surface "regionalLanguage" ⓘ |
| Princess Elisabeth Albertine of Saxe-Hildburghausen | German via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Piasts of Poznań | Old Polish via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Enschede | Tweants via predicate surface "regionalLanguage" ⓘ |
|
Artashat (Armenia)
surface form:
Artashat
|
Armenian language
via predicate surface "languageMajority"
ⓘ
surface form:
Armenian
|
| island of Saint Vincent (de facto urban center) | English via predicate surface "languageMajority" ⓘ |
| Sim | English via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Sim | Scottish English via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Sim | Korean via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Sim | Chinese via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Ellewoutsdijk | Zeelandic via predicate surface "regionalLanguage" ⓘ |
| Texas (during tenure with Dallas Cowboys) | English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguageDeFacto" ⓘ |
| Black Hawk County, Iowa | English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguageDeFacto" ⓘ |
| Ogdensburg, New York | English via predicate surface "languageMajority" ⓘ |
| Duke Eugen of Württemberg | German via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Oleg | Russian via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Oleg | Ukrainian via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Oleg | Belarusian via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Hugh of Baux | Old Occitan via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Hugh of Baux | Medieval Latin via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Banshee (RNZAF informal use) | English via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Winrich von Kniprode | Middle High German via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Gerolama Orsini | Italian via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Edmund Sheffield, 2nd Earl of Mulgrave | English via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
|
Cambridge
surface form:
Cambridge, Massachusetts
|
English via predicate surface "officialLanguageDeFacto" ⓘ |
| Berdyansk Raion | Russian via predicate surface "usesDeFactoLanguage" ⓘ |
| Mokuleia | English via predicate surface "languageMajority" ⓘ |
| Rimrock, Arizona | English via predicate surface "languageMajority" ⓘ |
| Deauzya | English via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Bloubergstrand | Afrikaans via predicate surface "languageMajority" ⓘ |
| Fangshan District urban area | Standard Chinese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguageDeFacto" ⓘ |
| Gujranwala Division | Punjabi via predicate surface "commonLanguage" ⓘ |
| Province of Mantua | Lombard via predicate surface "regionalLanguage" ⓘ |
| Province of Mantua | Emilian via predicate surface "regionalLanguage" ⓘ |
| Humboldt, South Dakota | English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguageDeFacto" ⓘ |
| Maryanne | English via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Kylie | English via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Yaël | French via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Piasts of Łęczyca | Latin via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Piasts of Łęczyca | Polish via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Wilmot | English via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Passy |
Arpitan language
via predicate surface "regionalLanguage"
ⓘ
surface form:
Arpitan (Franco-Provençal)
|
| Mariska |
Hungarian language
via predicate surface "languageOfUse"
ⓘ
surface form:
Hungarian
|
|
Burlington
surface form:
Burlington, Washington
|
English via predicate surface "languageMajority" ⓘ |
| Windsor, South Carolina | English via predicate surface "languageMajority" ⓘ |
|
northern Switzerland
surface form:
Northern Switzerland
|
German via predicate surface "languageMajority" ⓘ |
| Kalutara | Sinhala via predicate surface "languageMajority" ⓘ |
| City of Pskov | Russian via predicate surface "languageMajority" ⓘ |