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 |
|---|---|
| Curraheen | English via predicate surface "languageMajority" ⓘ |
| Lofthus |
Nynorsk
via predicate surface "regionalLanguage"
ⓘ
surface form:
Norwegian Nynorsk (administrative)
|
| Gampaha District | Sinhala via predicate surface "languageMajority" ⓘ |
| Riesa |
Upper Saxon
via predicate surface "regionalLanguage"
ⓘ
surface form:
Upper Saxon German
|
| Norway Center, South Dakota | English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguageDeFacto" ⓘ |
| George Douglas, 10th Earl of Morton | Scots via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| George Douglas, 10th Earl of Morton | English via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Deventer | Sallands via predicate surface "regionalLanguage" ⓘ |
|
Betsey
surface form:
Betsey Cushing Roosevelt
|
English via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Roncesvalles | Basque via predicate surface "regionalLanguage" ⓘ |
| Mariahout |
Brabantian dialects
via predicate surface "regionalLanguage"
ⓘ
surface form:
Peellands (East Brabantian dialect)
|
| Calvinia | Afrikaans via predicate surface "languageMajority" ⓘ |
| Nisse | Zeelandic dialect via predicate surface "regionalLanguage" ⓘ |
| Veere | Zeelandic via predicate surface "regionalLanguage" ⓘ |
| Ly | English via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Saint-Étienne-de-Tinée | Occitan via predicate surface "regionalLanguage" ⓘ |
| Sultanate of Zanzibar | Swahili via predicate surface "commonLanguage" ⓘ |
| Almelo |
Dutch Low Saxon
via predicate surface "regionalLanguage"
ⓘ
surface form:
Tweants Low Saxon
|
| George Hastings, 1st Earl of Huntingdon (second creation) | English via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Val-Bélair | French via predicate surface "languageMajority" ⓘ |
| Mattersburg | German-speaking population via predicate surface "languageMajority" ⓘ |
| John IV of Chalon-Arlay | Old French via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Bundi | Rajasthani via predicate surface "regionalLanguage" ⓘ |
| Blaine, Washington | English via predicate surface "languageMajority" ⓘ |
| Denman Street | English via predicate surface "languageMajority" ⓘ |
| Blanche of Brittany | Old French via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Irene of Sweden |
Old Norse language
via predicate surface "languageOfUse"
ⓘ
surface form:
Old Norse
|
| Vidzeme | Latvian via predicate surface "languageMajority" ⓘ |
| Maun | Setswana via predicate surface "languageMajority" ⓘ |
| Allie | English via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Oostkapelle | Zeelandic via predicate surface "regionalLanguage" ⓘ |
| Brooklyn Center | English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguageDeFacto" ⓘ |
| Kakeya, Shimane, Japan | Japanese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguageDeFacto" ⓘ |
| Nettie | English via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Barindra | Hindi via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Barindra | Bengali via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Barindra | Assamese via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Barindra | other Indian languages via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Steenwijk | Dutch Low Saxon via predicate surface "regionalLanguage" ⓘ |
| Ishikari Subprefecture | Japanese via predicate surface "officialLanguageDeFacto" ⓘ |
| Kenedi | English via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Kenny | English via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Mergentheim | German (South German dialects) via predicate surface "regionalLanguage" ⓘ |
| MA-02 | English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguageDeFacto" ⓘ |
| Romanovich | Russian via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Romanovich |
Belarusian language
via predicate surface "languageOfUse"
ⓘ
surface form:
Belarusian
|
| Romanovich | Ukrainian via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Largentière | Occitan via predicate surface "regionalLanguage" ⓘ |
| Anna of Bohemia | Latin via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Anna of Bohemia | Czech via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |