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 |
|---|---|
| São Filipe | Cape Verdean Creole via predicate surface "commonLanguage" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| Nakşidil Sultan | Ottoman Turkish via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
|
Veenkoloniën region
surface form:
Veenkoloniën
|
Gronings via predicate surface "regionalLanguage" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
|
Veenkoloniën region
surface form:
Veenkoloniën
|
Drents via predicate surface "regionalLanguage" ⓘ |
| Liptovský Hrádok | Slovak speakers via predicate surface "languageMajority" ⓘ |
| Lyallpur District, Punjab, British India | Punjabi via predicate surface "regionalLanguage" ⓘ |
| Holger | Danish via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Holger | Swedish via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Holger | Norwegian via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Holger | German via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Saadiyat Island | English via predicate surface "commonLanguage" ⓘ |
| Dobu language | parts of Milne Bay Province via predicate surface "usedAsLinguaFrancaIn" ⓘ |
| Diosdado | Filipino via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Diosdado | Tagalog via predicate surface "languageOfUse" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| Roman province of Achaea | Greek via predicate surface "commonLanguage" ⓘ |
| Alaverdi | Armenian via predicate surface "languageMajority" ⓘ |
| Tunis Eyalet | Arabic via predicate surface "commonLanguage" ⓘ |
| Cargeghe | Sardinian via predicate surface "regionalLanguage" ⓘ |
| Bultei | Sardinian via predicate surface "regionalLanguage" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| Bono | Sardinian via predicate surface "regionalLanguage" ⓘ |
| François de Montmorency, comte de Bouteville | French via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
|
paramahamsa
surface form:
Paramahamsa
|
Sanskrit via predicate surface "languageOfUse" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
|
paramahamsa
surface form:
Paramahamsa
|
modern Indian languages via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Alberada | Latin via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Alberada | Italian via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
|
Jura (Switzerland)
surface form:
Jura (canton)
|
French via predicate surface "languageMajority" ⓘ |
| Tirupati urban area | Telugu via predicate surface "languageMajority" ⓘ |
|
Haiyang City, Yantai
surface form:
Haiyang City
|
Mandarin Chinese via predicate surface "languageMajority" ⓘ |
| Peter King, 7th Baron King | English via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
|
Ellan Vannin
surface form:
Isle of Man
|
Manx via predicate surface "regionalLanguage" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| Winnipeg metropolitan area | English via predicate surface "languageMajority" ⓘ |
|
Robert de Clifford
surface form:
Robert de Clifford, 1st Baron de Clifford
|
Middle English via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Stormont | English via predicate surface "languageMajority" ⓘ |
| Bahrain archipelago | Arabic via predicate surface "languageMajority" ⓘ |
| Témiscamingue | French via predicate surface "languageMajority" ⓘ |
| Rasmus | Danish via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Rasmus | Norwegian via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Rasmus | Swedish via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Centralia, Illinois | English via predicate surface "languageMajority" ⓘ |
| Margaret Russell | English via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Keelakarai | Tamil via predicate surface "regionalLanguage" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| Sophie Brahe (daughter of Tycho and Kirsten) | Danish via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Heerlen | Limburgish via predicate surface "regionalLanguage" ⓘ |
| Todd County, Kentucky | English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguageDeFacto" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| Maria Karoline | German via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| La Marque, Texas | English via predicate surface "languageMajority" ⓘ |
| Yusof | Malay via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Yusof | Indonesian via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Yusof | English (in Muslim communities) via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Vias | Occitan via predicate surface "regionalLanguage" NERFINISHED ⓘ |