formerLanguage
P28976
predicate
Indicates that one entity was previously the language of another entity but is no longer in that role.
All labels observed (14)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| hadLanguage | 12 |
| formerLanguage canonical | 3 |
| formerLanguageOfPublication | 3 |
| preExistingLanguage | 3 |
| earlierLanguage | 2 |
| formerLanguageCommunities | 2 |
| languageBeforeEvent | 2 |
| formerLanguageOfInstruction | 1 |
| formerLanguageOfSignage | 1 |
| formerLanguageUsed | 1 |
| formerLanguages | 1 |
| hasEarlierLanguage | 1 |
| legacyLanguage | 1 |
| predecessorLanguageOfVernacular | 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: formerLanguage
Generated description
Indicates that one entity was previously the language of another entity but is no longer in that role.
Sample triples (34)
| Subject | Object |
|---|---|
| Celle | Low German ⓘ |
| Berytus | Phoenician via predicate surface "hadLanguage" ⓘ |
| Berytus | Greek via predicate surface "hadLanguage" ⓘ |
| Berytus | Latin via predicate surface "hadLanguage" ⓘ |
| Pompeii |
Oscan language
via predicate surface "hasEarlierLanguage"
ⓘ
surface form:
Oscan
|
| Aden Protectorate | Arabic (predominant) via predicate surface "hadLanguage" ⓘ |
| Bielsko-Biała | German via predicate surface "formerLanguageCommunities" ⓘ |
| Bielsko-Biała | Jewish via predicate surface "formerLanguageCommunities" ⓘ |
|
Sille village
surface form:
Sille
|
Greek via predicate surface "formerLanguageUsed" ⓘ |
| Kyiv Metro | Russian via predicate surface "formerLanguageOfSignage" ⓘ |
| County of Boulogne | Old French via predicate surface "hadLanguage" ⓘ |
| County of Boulogne | Picard dialect via predicate surface "hadLanguage" ⓘ |
| Bishopric of Goes | Old Dutch via predicate surface "predecessorLanguageOfVernacular" ⓘ |
| Fustat | Coptic via predicate surface "earlierLanguage" ⓘ |
| Muslim conquest of North Africa | Latin via predicate surface "preExistingLanguage" ⓘ |
| Muslim conquest of North Africa | Berber languages via predicate surface "preExistingLanguage" ⓘ |
| Muslim conquest of North Africa | Greek via predicate surface "preExistingLanguage" ⓘ |
| Naval Infantry | Russian (Soviet period) ⓘ |
| MTV Europe | multiple European languages ⓘ |
| Roman province of Dalmatia | Latin via predicate surface "hadLanguage" ⓘ |
| Roman province of Dalmatia |
Illyrian language
via predicate surface "hadLanguage"
ⓘ
surface form:
Illyrian languages
|
| Acta Mathematica | French via predicate surface "formerLanguageOfPublication" ⓘ |
| Acta Mathematica | German via predicate surface "formerLanguageOfPublication" ⓘ |
| Acta Mathematica | Latin via predicate surface "formerLanguageOfPublication" ⓘ |
| Tower of Babel narrative | one language via predicate surface "languageBeforeEvent" ⓘ |
| Tower of Babel narrative | common speech via predicate surface "languageBeforeEvent" ⓘ |
| Kłodzko Valley | German via predicate surface "formerLanguages" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| Collegium Gostomianum | Latin via predicate surface "formerLanguageOfInstruction" ⓘ |
| Apple Developer ecosystem | Objective-C via predicate surface "legacyLanguage" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| Carthaginensis | Latin via predicate surface "hadLanguage" ⓘ |
| Roman Tarentum | Greek via predicate surface "earlierLanguage" ⓘ |
| Upper Rhine Intergovernmental Commission | French via predicate surface "hadLanguage" ⓘ |
| Upper Rhine Intergovernmental Commission | German via predicate surface "hadLanguage" ⓘ |
| Upper Rhine Intergovernmental Commission | possibly also used other working languages in practice via predicate surface "hadLanguage" ⓘ |