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 |
|---|---|
| Brunssum | Limburgish via predicate surface "regionalLanguage" ⓘ |
| Penghu County | Taiwanese Hokkien via predicate surface "commonLanguages" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| Penghu County | Penghu dialect of Hokkien via predicate surface "commonLanguages" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| Penghu County | Mandarin via predicate surface "commonLanguages" ⓘ |
| Botshabelo | Sesotho via predicate surface "languageMajority" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| Botshabelo | Setswana via predicate surface "languageMajority" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| Botshabelo | isiXhosa via predicate surface "languageMajority" ⓘ |
|
San Francisco (core company Tools for Humanity)
surface form:
San Francisco
|
English via predicate surface "languageMajority" ⓘ |
| Herta | German via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| San Antonio, Texas | English via predicate surface "officialLanguageDeFacto" ⓘ |
| Gorham, New York | English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguageDeFacto" ⓘ |
|
Fort-de-France, Martinique
surface form:
Fort-de-France
|
Martinican Creole via predicate surface "regionalLanguage" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| Wadsworth, Nevada | English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguageDeFacto" ⓘ |
|
Noord-Beveland island
surface form:
Noord-Beveland
|
Zeelandic via predicate surface "regionalLanguage" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| Betul Lok Sabha constituency | Hindi via predicate surface "languageMajority" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| Chilli Boys | English via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Bishop of Iceland | Icelandic via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Saint-Pierre | Martinican Creole via predicate surface "regionalLanguage" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
|
department of Martinique
surface form:
Martinique
|
Martinican Creole via predicate surface "regionalLanguage" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
|
Shunga
surface form:
Shunga dynasty
|
Prakrit via predicate surface "commonLanguage" ⓘ |
| Lainez | Spanish language via predicate surface "languageOfUse" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| Arnon | Hebrew via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Rosario | Spanish language via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Rosario | Italian language via predicate surface "languageOfUse" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| Cradock | Afrikaans via predicate surface "languageMajority" ⓘ |
| Cookhouse | Afrikaans via predicate surface "languageMajority" ⓘ |
| Cookhouse | Xhosa via predicate surface "languageMajority" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| Umm al-Fahm | Arabic via predicate surface "languageMajority" ⓘ |
| Hualgayoc Province | Spanish via predicate surface "languageMajority" ⓘ |
|
Schouwen-Duiveland island
surface form:
Schouwen-Duiveland
|
Zeelandic via predicate surface "regionalLanguage" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| Henry Moore, 4th Earl of Drogheda | English via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Tone | English via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Lecce | Salentino dialect via predicate surface "regionalLanguage" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| Kikakui script | Mende language via predicate surface "languageOfUse" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| Medieval Scotland | Scottish Gaelic via predicate surface "commonLanguage" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| Medieval Scotland | Scots via predicate surface "commonLanguage" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| Medieval Scotland | Norn via predicate surface "commonLanguage" ⓘ |
| Seaview | English via predicate surface "languageMajority" ⓘ |
| Highfield | English via predicate surface "languageMajority" ⓘ |
| Province of Arequipa | Spanish via predicate surface "languageMajority" ⓘ |
| Margaret Yolande of Savoy | Italian via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Margaret Yolande of Savoy | French via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Talcott | English via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Rainer | German via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Rainer | Dutch via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Rainer | Scandinavian languages via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Ragge | Swedish via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Ragge | Norwegian via predicate surface "languageOfUse" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| Ragge | Danish via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Bert | English via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |