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 |
|---|---|
| Mayotte | Shimaore via predicate surface "regionalLanguage" ⓘ |
| Mayotte | Kibushi via predicate surface "regionalLanguage" ⓘ |
| Saint Croix | Virgin Islands Creole English via predicate surface "commonLanguage" ⓘ |
| Dunfermline | Scots via predicate surface "regionalLanguage" ⓘ |
| Dunfermline | Scottish Gaelic via predicate surface "regionalLanguage" ⓘ |
| Chhattisgarh | Chhattisgarhi via predicate surface "regionalLanguage" ⓘ |
| Uttarakhand | Garhwali via predicate surface "regionalLanguage" ⓘ |
| Uttarakhand | Kumaoni via predicate surface "regionalLanguage" ⓘ |
| Uttarakhand | Jaunsari via predicate surface "regionalLanguage" ⓘ |
| Mr. Secretary | English via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Karnataka | Tulu via predicate surface "regionalLanguage" ⓘ |
| Karnataka | Konkani via predicate surface "regionalLanguage" ⓘ |
| Karnataka | Kodava via predicate surface "regionalLanguage" ⓘ |
| Karnataka | Urdu via predicate surface "regionalLanguage" ⓘ |
| Karnataka | Telugu via predicate surface "regionalLanguage" ⓘ |
| Karnataka | Tamil via predicate surface "regionalLanguage" ⓘ |
| Karnataka | Marathi via predicate surface "regionalLanguage" ⓘ |
| Sark | Sercquiais via predicate surface "regionalLanguage" ⓘ |
| Walter | English via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Walter | German via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Walter | Dutch via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Walter | Scandinavian languages via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Leeds—Grenville—Thousand Islands and Rideau Lakes | English via predicate surface "languageMajority" ⓘ |
| Bhojpuri | Bhojpuri-speaking belt of northern India via predicate surface "usedAsLinguaFrancaIn" ⓘ |
| Pisa | Tuscan dialect via predicate surface "regionalLanguage" ⓘ |
| Sucre | Spanish via predicate surface "languageMajority" ⓘ |
| New Mexico | Spanish via predicate surface "hasDeFactoLanguage" ⓘ |
| Jodhpur | Marwari via predicate surface "regionalLanguage" ⓘ |
| Franche-Comté |
Franco-Provençal (Arpitan)
via predicate surface "regionalLanguage"
ⓘ
surface form:
Franco-Provençal
|
| Franche-Comté |
Romance languages
via predicate surface "regionalLanguage"
ⓘ
surface form:
Langues d’oïl
|
| Franche-Comté | Frainc-Comtou dialect via predicate surface "regionalLanguage" ⓘ |
| Dave | English via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Merrimack Valley | English via predicate surface "languageMajority" ⓘ |
| Tsardom of Russia | Russian via predicate surface "commonLanguage" ⓘ |
| Rostov-on-Don | Russian via predicate surface "languageMajority" ⓘ |
| Saarland | Saarlandic dialect of German via predicate surface "regionalLanguage" ⓘ |
| Saarland |
Rhenish Franconian
via predicate surface "regionalLanguage"
ⓘ
surface form:
Moselle Franconian
|
| Saarland |
Rhenish Franconian
via predicate surface "regionalLanguage"
ⓘ
surface form:
Rhine Franconian
|
| Saarland | French (widely taught and used) via predicate surface "regionalLanguage" ⓘ |
| Highveld | Afrikaans via predicate surface "languageMajority" ⓘ |
| Highveld | Sesotho via predicate surface "languageMajority" ⓘ |
| Highveld | isiZulu via predicate surface "languageMajority" ⓘ |
| Highveld | English via predicate surface "languageMajority" ⓘ |
| Mikhail | Russian via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Lex | English via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Theresa Kunegunda Sobieska | Polish via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Theresa Kunegunda Sobieska | French via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Theresa Kunegunda Sobieska | German via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Rebeca | Spanish via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Rebeca | Portuguese via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |