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 |
|---|---|
| Chakradharpur | Odia via predicate surface "regionalLanguage" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| Chakradharpur | Santali via predicate surface "regionalLanguage" ⓘ |
| Chakradharpur | Bengali via predicate surface "regionalLanguage" ⓘ |
| Bageshwar district | Kumaoni via predicate surface "regionalLanguage" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| Municipality of Tonalá, Jalisco | Spanish via predicate surface "languageMajority" ⓘ |
| Esperanza, Sonora | Spanish via predicate surface "languageMajority" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| Roberts, Illinois | English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguageDeFacto" ⓘ |
| Later Lý dynasty | Vietnamese via predicate surface "commonLanguage" ⓘ |
| Andrey Vasilyevich the Less | Russian via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Saide | English via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Sarita | Spanish via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Sarita | Portuguese via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Sarita | Hindi via predicate surface "languageOfUse" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| Sarita | other Indian languages via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Lampang | Northern Thai via predicate surface "regionalLanguage" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| Mellette County, South Dakota | English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguageDeFacto" ⓘ |
| Eloise | English via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Thomas I Preljubović | Greek via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Thomas I Preljubović | Serbian via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Maria of Bulgaria | Bulgarian via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Maria of Bulgaria | Greek via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Goshen, Utah | English via predicate surface "languageMajority" ⓘ |
| Craig, Nebraska | English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguageDeFacto" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| Uplengen | East Frisian Low Saxon via predicate surface "regionalLanguage" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
|
Rehavia neighborhood
surface form:
Rehavia
|
Hebrew via predicate surface "languageMajority" ⓘ |
| Philip, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg | German via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Jatiúca Beach | Portuguese via predicate surface "languageMajority" ⓘ |
| Ivelaw-Chapman | English via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Wormerveer | Zaans dialect via predicate surface "regionalLanguage" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| Clara Grant | English via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Zande | parts of northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo via predicate surface "usedAsLinguaFrancaIn" ⓘ |
| Zande | parts of southeastern Central African Republic via predicate surface "usedAsLinguaFrancaIn" ⓘ |
| Zande | parts of western South Sudan via predicate surface "usedAsLinguaFrancaIn" ⓘ |
| Ceded Districts | Telugu via predicate surface "languageMajority" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| Weser-Aller region | Low German via predicate surface "regionalLanguage" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
|
Gelang Patah, Johor
surface form:
Gelang Patah
|
English via predicate surface "commonLanguages" ⓘ |
|
Gelang Patah, Johor
surface form:
Gelang Patah
|
Mandarin Chinese via predicate surface "commonLanguages" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
|
Gelang Patah, Johor
surface form:
Gelang Patah
|
Tamil via predicate surface "commonLanguages" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| British Tanganyika | Swahili via predicate surface "commonLanguage" ⓘ |
| Itahari | Maithili via predicate surface "commonLanguage" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| Itahari | Bhojpuri via predicate surface "commonLanguage" ⓘ |
| Itahari | Tharu via predicate surface "commonLanguage" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| Despotate of Arta | Greek via predicate surface "commonLanguage" ⓘ |
| Despotate of Arta | Albanian via predicate surface "commonLanguage" ⓘ |
| Herro | English via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| La Garde-Freinet | Provençal Occitan via predicate surface "regionalLanguage" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| de Burca | Irish via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| de Burca | English via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Takatsukasa Hiroko | Japanese via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Kujō | Japanese language via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |