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 |
|---|---|
| Carnegie, Angus | Scots via predicate surface "regionalLanguage" ⓘ |
| Carnegie, Angus | Scottish Gaelic via predicate surface "regionalLanguage" ⓘ |
| New Caledonia | Ndrumbea via predicate surface "regionalLanguage" ⓘ |
| New Caledonia | Drehu via predicate surface "regionalLanguage" ⓘ |
| New Caledonia | Nengone via predicate surface "regionalLanguage" ⓘ |
| New Caledonia | Paicî via predicate surface "regionalLanguage" ⓘ |
| Cochabamba | Spanish via predicate surface "languageMajority" ⓘ |
| Dnipro | Ukrainian via predicate surface "languageMajority" ⓘ |
| Ned | English via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Green City in the Sun | English via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Claudio (Portuguese) | Portuguese via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Veneto |
Venetian language
via predicate surface "regionalLanguage"
ⓘ
surface form:
Venetian
|
| Kutais Governorate | Georgian via predicate surface "languageMajority" ⓘ |
| Governorate of Livonia | Latvian via predicate surface "commonLanguage" ⓘ |
| Governorate of Livonia | Estonian via predicate surface "commonLanguage" ⓘ |
| Governorate of Livonia | German via predicate surface "commonLanguage" ⓘ |
| Escondido | English via predicate surface "languageMajority" ⓘ |
| Babette | French via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Babette | German via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Babette | Dutch via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Babette | English via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
|
Panama Canal Zone (historical)
surface form:
Panama Canal Zone
|
Spanish via predicate surface "hasDeFactoLanguage" ⓘ |
| Trabzon | Turkish via predicate surface "languageMajority" ⓘ |
| Varvara | Russian via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Varvara | Ukrainian via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Varvara |
Bulgarian language
via predicate surface "languageOfUse"
ⓘ
surface form:
Bulgarian
|
| Varvara | Serbian via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Varvara | Belarusian via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Varvara | Macedonian via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Varvara | other Eastern European languages via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Barbel | German via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Barbel | German-speaking regions via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Kirkwode | English via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Bayonne | Basque via predicate surface "regionalLanguage" ⓘ |
| Bayonne |
Occitan
via predicate surface "regionalLanguage"
ⓘ
surface form:
Gascon Occitan
|
| Mizoram |
Mizo people
via predicate surface "regionalLanguage"
ⓘ
surface form:
Mizo
|
|
Saxonsburg, Pennsylvania, United States
surface form:
Saxonsburg, Pennsylvania
|
English via predicate surface "languageMajority" ⓘ |
| Luise | German via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Luise | Danish via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Luise | Norwegian via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Luise | Swedish via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Luise | Estonian via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Donbas | Russian-speaking population via predicate surface "languageMajority" ⓘ |
| Donbas | Ukrainian-speaking population via predicate surface "languageMajority" ⓘ |
| The Boss | English via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Georgian language | Caucasus region (historically) via predicate surface "usedAsLinguaFrancaIn" ⓘ |
| Johanna Osthoff | German via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Lulu | English via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Lulu | French via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Lulu | German via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |