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 |
|---|---|
| Villefranche-de-Conflent | Catalan via predicate surface "regionalLanguage" ⓘ |
| Peaches | English via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Humans (Star Trek) | Federation Standard via predicate surface "commonLanguage" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| Goldston | English via predicate surface "languageMajority" ⓘ |
| Los Muermos | Spanish speakers via predicate surface "languageMajority" ⓘ |
| Robert Fairfax, 7th Lord Fairfax of Cameron | English via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Robert Rich | Middle English via predicate surface "languageOfUse" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| Lady Elizabeth Clifford | English via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Mary Villiers, Duchess of Richmond and Lennox | English via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
|
province of Friesland
surface form:
Friesland
|
West Frisian via predicate surface "regionalLanguage" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| William d’Aubigny Pincerna | Anglo-Norman via predicate surface "languageOfUse" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| Bludenz | Alemannic German dialect via predicate surface "regionalLanguage" ⓘ |
|
San Blas neighborhood
surface form:
San Blas neighborhood (Cusco)
|
Spanish via predicate surface "languageMajority" ⓘ |
| Mariestad | Swedish via predicate surface "languageMajority" ⓘ |
| Isabella of Clermont | Italian via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Isabella of Clermont | Latin via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Bemidji | English via predicate surface "languageMajority" ⓘ |
| Selma, California | English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguageDeFacto" ⓘ |
| Province of Papua | Papuan languages via predicate surface "commonLanguages" ⓘ |
| Province of Papua | Austronesian languages via predicate surface "commonLanguages" ⓘ |
| Cecil Leigh-Mallory | English via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Lordship of Steinfurt | German via predicate surface "commonLanguage" ⓘ |
| Ayşe | Turkish via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| William Walsh | English via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| John de Burgh | Anglo-Norman French via predicate surface "languageOfUse" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| John de Burgh | Middle English via predicate surface "languageOfUse" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| Town of Goodlow, Texas | English via predicate surface "languageMajority" ⓘ |
| Town of Emhouse, Texas | English via predicate surface "languageMajority" ⓘ |
| Mary Feilding | English via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Iver | Norwegian via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Iver | Danish via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Iver | Swedish via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Iver | Icelandic via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Iver | Faroese via predicate surface "languageOfUse" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| Iver | German via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Iver | English via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Mayetta, Kansas | English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguageDeFacto" ⓘ |
| Requena | indigenous Amazonian languages via predicate surface "regionalLanguage" ⓘ |
| Sainte-Anne | Guadeloupean Creole via predicate surface "regionalLanguage" ⓘ |
| Butler, Georgia | English via predicate surface "languageMajority" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
|
Guiditta (in some usages)
surface form:
Guiditta
|
Italian via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Hegang | Mandarin Chinese via predicate surface "languageMajority" ⓘ |
| North Isles of Orkney | Orcadian dialect of Scots via predicate surface "regionalLanguage" ⓘ |
| Mexican Texas | Spanish via predicate surface "commonLanguages" ⓘ |
| Mexican Texas | English via predicate surface "commonLanguages" ⓘ |
| Sophia Beatty Rochester | English via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Krain | Slovene via predicate surface "commonLanguage" ⓘ |
| Eudoxia of Moscow | Old Russian via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Ilbert de Lacy | Norman French via predicate surface "languageOfUse" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| Rebecka | Swedish via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |