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 |
|---|---|
| Nagaon | Bengali via predicate surface "commonLanguage" ⓘ |
| Ikeda Haruko | Japanese via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Greenwood, Nebraska | English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguageDeFacto" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| Geralyn | English via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Gaston II of Foix | Old Occitan via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Gaston II of Foix | Old French via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Klipspruit | Zulu via predicate surface "languageMajority" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| Klipspruit | Sotho via predicate surface "languageMajority" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| Klipspruit | Tswana via predicate surface "languageMajority" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| Klipspruit | Xhosa via predicate surface "languageMajority" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| Pinecrest | English via predicate surface "languageMajority" ⓘ |
| Charles Amadeus, Duke of Nemours | French via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Dragan Dabić | Serbian via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Ikeda Toshitaka | Japanese via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Vijlen | Limburgish via predicate surface "regionalLanguage" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| Sherry | English via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| El Aouana | Algerian Arabic via predicate surface "commonLanguage" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| El Aouana | Kabyle via predicate surface "commonLanguage" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| Ghebala | Berber via predicate surface "regionalLanguage" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| Ofakim area | Hebrew via predicate surface "languageMajority" ⓘ |
| Ermera | Mambae via predicate surface "languageMajority" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| Thomas Quiney | English via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Irbit | Russian via predicate surface "languageMajority" ⓘ |
| Engelberga | Latin via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Engelberga | Old French via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Jazmyn | English via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Mahaut of Boulogne | Old French via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Frances de Vere | English via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Guillaume le Pieux | Latin via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Guillaume le Pieux | Old French via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
|
Central Kurdish (Sorani)
surface form:
Central Kurdish
|
Iraqi Kurdistan via predicate surface "usedAsLinguaFrancaIn" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| Margaret Clifford, Countess of Derby | English via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Thuraiyur | Tamil speakers via predicate surface "languageMajority" ⓘ |
| Rohan | Hindi via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Rohan | Marathi via predicate surface "languageOfUse" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| Rohan | Bengali via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Rohan | Gujarati via predicate surface "languageOfUse" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| Rohan | Kannada via predicate surface "languageOfUse" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| Rohan | Telugu via predicate surface "languageOfUse" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| Rohan | Tamil via predicate surface "languageOfUse" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| Rohan | Malayalam via predicate surface "languageOfUse" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| Rohan | Nepali via predicate surface "languageOfUse" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| Rohan | Sinhala via predicate surface "languageOfUse" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| Milly | English via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Keserwan District | Lebanese Arabic via predicate surface "commonLanguage" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| Victo | Spanish via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Victo | Portuguese via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Zighoud Youcef | Algerian Arabic via predicate surface "hasDeFactoLanguage" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| Zighoud Youcef | Berber languages via predicate surface "hasDeFactoLanguage" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| Nakhon Si Thammarat Province | Thai language via predicate surface "languageMajority" NERFINISHED ⓘ |