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 |
|---|---|
| La Petite-Patrie | French via predicate surface "languageMajority" ⓘ |
| Ain Mreisseh district | Arabic via predicate surface "languageMajority" ⓘ |
| Stadthagen | Low German via predicate surface "regionalLanguage" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| Portola, California | English via predicate surface "officialLanguageDeFacto" ⓘ |
| Longueuil—Saint-Hubert | French via predicate surface "languageMajority" ⓘ |
| Augustus, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst | German via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Henry James FitzRoy, Earl of Euston | English via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Eadburh of Winchester | Old English via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Pongola | Zulu via predicate surface "languageMajority" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| East Beirut | Arabic via predicate surface "languageMajority" ⓘ |
| Rudolph of France | Old French via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Bredasdorp | Afrikaans via predicate surface "languageMajority" ⓘ |
| Liam O'Leary | English via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Martina | Spanish via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Martina | Italian via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Martina | French via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Martina | German via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Martina | Portuguese via predicate surface "languageOfUse" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| Martina | Czech via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Martina | Slovak via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Martina | Croatian via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Martina | Slovene via predicate surface "languageOfUse" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| Saint-Georges, Quebec, Canada | French via predicate surface "languageMajority" ⓘ |
|
Beauce
surface form:
Beauce (federal electoral district)
|
French via predicate surface "languageMajority" ⓘ |
| Beefy | English via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Lonso | Spanish via predicate surface "languageOfUse" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| Las Lajas | Spanish via predicate surface "languageMajority" ⓘ |
| Winburg | Afrikaans via predicate surface "languageMajority" ⓘ |
| Mama Winnie | English via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Knock | Low German via predicate surface "regionalLanguage" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| Malbazar | Nepali via predicate surface "commonLanguage" ⓘ |
| Malbazar | Hindi via predicate surface "commonLanguage" ⓘ |
| Adilşah Kadın | Ottoman Turkish via predicate surface "languageOfUse" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| Nam-gu, Ulsan | Korean via predicate surface "regionalLanguage" ⓘ |
| Albenga | Ligurian via predicate surface "regionalLanguage" ⓘ |
| Bran | English via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Bandar Abbas County | Persian via predicate surface "languageMajority" ⓘ |
| Roanoke Rapids micropolitan area | English via predicate surface "languageMajority" ⓘ |
| Joakim | Swedish via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Joakim | Norwegian via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Joakim | Danish via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Joakim | Finnish via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Joakim | Icelandic via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Amravati (Lok Sabha constituency) | Marathi via predicate surface "languageMajority" ⓘ |
| Joey | English via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Stouffville | English via predicate surface "languageMajority" ⓘ |
| Haardt | Palatine German dialect via predicate surface "regionalLanguage" ⓘ |
| Swabian region of Bavaria | Swabian German via predicate surface "regionalLanguage" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| Bougie | Arabic via predicate surface "languageMajority" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| Tenno | Japanese via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |