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

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
Jerry English via predicate surface "languageOfUse"
Kerman English via predicate surface "languageOfUse"
It Girl English via predicate surface "languageOfUse"
Agios Efstratios Greek via predicate surface "languageMajority"
Rosie English via predicate surface "languageOfUse"
Springfield, New Brunswick English via predicate surface "languageMajority"
Côte-Saint-Paul French via predicate surface "languageMajority"
Saint Conrad of Constance Latin via predicate surface "languageOfUse"
State of Vietnam French via predicate surface "commonLanguage"
Town of Los Gatos English via predicate surface "languageMajority"
Dunántúl Hungarian via predicate surface "languageMajority"
Province of Pordenone Friulian via predicate surface "regionalLanguage"
Province of Pordenone Venetian via predicate surface "regionalLanguage" NERFINISHED
Maria Anna Sophia of Saxony German via predicate surface "languageOfUse"
Rio del Mar, California English via predicate surface "languageMajority"
Dorothy Maijor English via predicate surface "languageOfUse"
Rosemarie English via predicate surface "languageOfUse"
Rosemarie German via predicate surface "languageOfUse"
Sunaina Hindi via predicate surface "languageOfUse"
Sunaina Nepali via predicate surface "languageOfUse" NERFINISHED
Sunaina Maithili via predicate surface "languageOfUse" NERFINISHED
Sunaina Bhojpuri via predicate surface "languageOfUse" NERFINISHED
Sunaina Punjabi via predicate surface "languageOfUse" NERFINISHED
Sunaina Gujarati via predicate surface "languageOfUse" NERFINISHED
Sunaina Marathi via predicate surface "languageOfUse" NERFINISHED
Sunaina Odia via predicate surface "languageOfUse" NERFINISHED
Sunaina Bangla via predicate surface "languageOfUse" NERFINISHED
Sunaina Urdu via predicate surface "languageOfUse" NERFINISHED
island of Rota Carolinian (minority) via predicate surface "regionalLanguage" NERFINISHED
Marit Norwegian via predicate surface "languageOfUse"
Marit Swedish via predicate surface "languageOfUse"
Palampur Pahari via predicate surface "regionalLanguage" NERFINISHED
Bayelsa East Senatorial District Ijaw languages via predicate surface "languageMajority"
Georgievsk Russian-speaking population via predicate surface "languageMajority"
George
surface form: George Stanley, 9th Baron Strange
English via predicate surface "languageOfUse"
Alfonso d’Avalos, Marquis del Vasto Italian via predicate surface "languageOfUse"
Alfonso d’Avalos, Marquis del Vasto Spanish via predicate surface "languageOfUse"
Alfonso d’Avalos, Marquis del Vasto Latin via predicate surface "languageOfUse"
Washington County, Illinois English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguageDeFacto"
Breskens Zeelandic via predicate surface "regionalLanguage" NERFINISHED
Walthourville, Georgia English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguageDeFacto" NERFINISHED
Groningen, Netherlands
surface form: Groningen
Gronings via predicate surface "regionalLanguage"
Robert de Brus V Anglo-Norman French via predicate surface "languageOfUse" NERFINISHED
Robert de Brus V Latin via predicate surface "languageOfUse" NERFINISHED
canton of Saint-Pol-de-Léon Breton via predicate surface "regionalLanguage"
Severo-Evensk Russian via predicate surface "languageMajority"
Ara Sadar subdivision Bhojpuri via predicate surface "regionalLanguage"
Larry English via predicate surface "languageOfUse"
Mateusz Polish via predicate surface "languageOfUse"
Patsy English via predicate surface "languageOfUse"