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 |
|---|---|
| municipality of Oss | Brabantian dialects via predicate surface "regionalLanguage" ⓘ |
|
United States (across the St. Lawrence River and Lake Ontario)
surface form:
United States
|
English via predicate surface "deFactoOfficialLanguage" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| Elle Tinkle | English via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Sir Robert Montgomery, 1st Baronet of The Hall | English via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Pritam | Punjabi via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Pritam | Hindi via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Malistan District | Hazaragi via predicate surface "languageMajority" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| Margaret Neville | Middle English via predicate surface "languageOfUse" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| Rio Vista, California | English via predicate surface "languageMajority" ⓘ |
| Cileunyi | Sundanese via predicate surface "languageMajority" ⓘ |
| Cileunyi | Indonesian via predicate surface "languageMajority" ⓘ |
| Sir Robert Montgomery, 3rd Baronet of The Hall | English via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Osip Abramovich Gannibal | Russian via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Saint-Louis, Haut-Rhin | Alsatian via predicate surface "regionalLanguage" ⓘ |
| Saint-Louis, Haut-Rhin | German via predicate surface "regionalLanguage" ⓘ |
| Hoogeveen | Drents via predicate surface "regionalLanguage" ⓘ |
| Tagawa | Japanese via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguageDeFacto" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| Douglas, Arizona | English via predicate surface "languageMajority" ⓘ |
| Peter II of Sicily | Latin via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Peter II of Sicily | Sicilian via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Peter II of Sicily | Italian via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| San Diego City Council District 8 | Spanish via predicate surface "commonLanguages" ⓘ |
| Archduchess Maria Clementina of Austria | German via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| John Ernest of Saxe-Coburg | German via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| İskenderun | Turkish via predicate surface "languageMajority" ⓘ |
| Saint-Jérôme, Quebec | French-speaking via predicate surface "languageMajority" ⓘ |
| Mont-Laurier, Quebec | French via predicate surface "languageMajority" ⓘ |
| Brabantse mainland | Brabantian dialects via predicate surface "regionalLanguage" ⓘ |
| Cumberland County, Kentucky | English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguageDeFacto" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| Sidi Ifni | Moroccan Arabic via predicate surface "commonLanguage" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| Sidi Ifni | Spanish via predicate surface "commonLanguage" ⓘ |
| Grandview, Illinois | English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguageDeFacto" ⓘ |
| Pulaski County, Georgia | English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguageDeFacto" ⓘ |
| canton of Zug | German via predicate surface "languageMajority" ⓘ |
| Auguste Ferdinande Habsburg-Lothringen | German via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Coffee County, Tennessee | English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguageDeFacto" ⓘ |
| Middelburg | Afrikaans via predicate surface "languageMajority" ⓘ |
| Tau | international astronomical nomenclature via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Calumet (town), Wisconsin | English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguageDeFacto" ⓘ |
| Auburn, Wisconsin | English via predicate surface "officialLanguageDeFacto" ⓘ |
| Vikarbyrgi | Suðuroy dialect of Faroese via predicate surface "regionalLanguage" ⓘ |
| Manoel | Portuguese via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Manoel | Galician via predicate surface "languageOfUse" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| Manoel | Spanish via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Morskranes | Danish via predicate surface "regionalLanguage" ⓘ |
| Sandhaven | Scots via predicate surface "regionalLanguage" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| Sandhaven | Scottish Gaelic via predicate surface "regionalLanguage" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| Beauharnois, Quebec | French-speaking population via predicate surface "languageMajority" ⓘ |
| Mr. Prime Minister | English via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Promenade Ontario | French via predicate surface "languageMajority" ⓘ |