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 |
|---|---|
| The Man in Black | English via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Madarihat | Hindi via predicate surface "commonLanguage" ⓘ |
| Madarihat | Nepali via predicate surface "commonLanguage" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| Terra Mariana | Middle Low German via predicate surface "commonLanguages" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| Terra Mariana | Old Estonian via predicate surface "commonLanguages" ⓘ |
| Terra Mariana | Old Latvian via predicate surface "commonLanguages" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| Islamic Republic of Mauritania (historical usage) | Hassaniya Arabic via predicate surface "hasDeFactoLanguage" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| Tusun | Ottoman Turkish via predicate surface "languageOfUse" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| Tusun | Arabic via predicate surface "languageOfUse" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| Stade district | Low German via predicate surface "regionalLanguage" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| Kunda Assembly constituency | Hindi via predicate surface "languageMajority" ⓘ |
| Norfolk kaka | English via predicate surface "vernacularLanguage" ⓘ |
| Tombo Island | French via predicate surface "languageMajority" ⓘ |
| Lord of Osaka Castle | Japanese via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Bassussarry | Basque via predicate surface "regionalLanguage" ⓘ |
|
Katarina (Scandinavian form of Katherine)
surface form:
Katarina
|
Swedish via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
|
Katarina (Scandinavian form of Katherine)
surface form:
Katarina
|
Norwegian via predicate surface "languageOfUse" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
|
Katarina (Scandinavian form of Katherine)
surface form:
Katarina
|
Danish via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
|
Katarina (Scandinavian form of Katherine)
surface form:
Katarina
|
Icelandic via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
|
Katarina (Scandinavian form of Katherine)
surface form:
Katarina
|
Finnish via predicate surface "languageOfUse" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| Belagavi Lok Sabha constituency | Kannada via predicate surface "languageMajority" ⓘ |
| Alauddin | Malay via predicate surface "languageOfUse" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| Swaziland Protectorate | Swazi via predicate surface "commonLanguage" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| Anette | Danish via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Anette | Norwegian via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Anette | Swedish via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Anette | German via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Anette | French via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Anette | Dutch via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Anette | English via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Margaret of Clermont | Old French via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Atotonilco el Alto | Spanish speakers via predicate surface "languageMajority" ⓘ |
| Stryi | Ukrainian via predicate surface "languageMajority" ⓘ |
| Opillia | Ukrainian via predicate surface "languageMajority" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| Dương Vân Nga | Vietnamese via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Safad | Hebrew via predicate surface "languageMajority" ⓘ |
| Hojai | Bengali via predicate surface "commonLanguage" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| Hojai | Hindi via predicate surface "commonLanguage" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| Arcangues | Basque via predicate surface "regionalLanguage" ⓘ |
| 2nd Earl of Gloucester | Anglo-Norman French via predicate surface "languageOfUse" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
|
Isabel of Gloucester married King John of England
surface form:
Isabel of Gloucester
|
Anglo-Norman French via predicate surface "languageOfUse" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| Walter Stewart, Earl of Fife | Scots via predicate surface "languageOfUse" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| Walter Stewart, Earl of Fife | Latin via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Tongchuan | Mandarin Chinese via predicate surface "languageMajority" ⓘ |
| Faunsdale | English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguageDeFacto" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| Mao Xuefeng | Chinese via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Belardo | Italian via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| John Arthur Atwill | English via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Đinh dynasty | Vietnamese via predicate surface "commonLanguage" ⓘ |
| Chakradharpur | Ho via predicate surface "regionalLanguage" ⓘ |