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 |
|---|---|
| Anastasia Romanovna | Russian via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Chase | English via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Chesney | English via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Ksar el-Kebir | Moroccan Arabic via predicate surface "commonLanguage" ⓘ |
| Ksar el-Kebir | Berber languages via predicate surface "commonLanguage" ⓘ |
| Ohangwena Region | Oshiwambo via predicate surface "languageMajority" ⓘ |
| City of Sunnyside | English via predicate surface "languageMajority" ⓘ |
| Beatrice of Coimbra | Portuguese via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Saint-Jérôme | Francophone population via predicate surface "languageMajority" ⓘ |
| Augustus Frederick FitzGerald, 3rd Duke of Leinster | English via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Ulyanovsk | Russian via predicate surface "languageMajority" ⓘ |
| Inés | Spanish via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Inés |
Galician language
via predicate surface "languageOfUse"
ⓘ
surface form:
Galician
|
| Inés | Portuguese via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Keban | Turkish via predicate surface "languageMajority" ⓘ |
| Yannick | French via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Yannick | Breton via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Queen of Disco | English via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Molières | Occitan via predicate surface "regionalLanguage" ⓘ |
| City of Saints | English via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Portage la Prairie | English via predicate surface "languageMajority" ⓘ |
| Kehrsatz | German-speaking population via predicate surface "languageMajority" ⓘ |
| Georgi | Bulgarian via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Georgi | Macedonian via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Georgi | Russian via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Georgi | Ukrainian via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Georgi |
Belarusian language
via predicate surface "languageOfUse"
ⓘ
surface form:
Belarusian
|
| Georgi |
Serbian language
via predicate surface "languageOfUse"
ⓘ
surface form:
Serbian
|
| Georgi | Other Slavic languages via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
|
Khwaja Bahauddin, Takhar Province, Afghanistan
surface form:
Khwaja Bahauddin
|
Dari Persian (likely) via predicate surface "languageMajority" ⓘ |
|
Khwaja Bahauddin, Takhar Province, Afghanistan
surface form:
Khwaja Bahauddin
|
Tajik dialects (likely) via predicate surface "languageMajority" ⓘ |
|
town of Bonifacio
surface form:
Bonifacio
|
Corsican language
via predicate surface "regionalLanguage"
ⓘ
surface form:
Corsican
|
| Igor | Russian via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Igor | Ukrainian via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Igor | Belarusian via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Igor | Serbian via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Igor | Croatian via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Igor | Bulgarian via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Igor | Slovak via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Igor | Czech via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Igor | Polish via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Igor | Slovene via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Igor | other Slavic languages via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Melchor Fernández de la Cueva, 8th Duke of Alburquerque | Spanish via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Kasha | Polish via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Kasha | English via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Cayetano | Spanish via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Cayetano | Galician via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Cayetano | Filipino Spanish via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Dwyane | English via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |