languageShift
P4292
predicate
Indicates a change in the primary language used by an entity, such as switching from one language to another over time or in a given context.
All labels observed (23)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| languageShiftTo | 187 |
| languageShift canonical | 61 |
| laterLanguage | 51 |
| languageShiftTowards | 47 |
| hasLanguageShiftTo | 21 |
| laterLanguageUsed | 11 |
| languageShiftTrend | 9 |
| linguisticShift | 6 |
| laterLanguageShiftTo | 5 |
| hasLanguageShift | 4 |
| shiftLanguage | 4 |
| diasporaLanguageShift | 3 |
| languageDiminished | 3 |
| featuresLanguageSwitch | 2 |
| hasLanguageChange | 2 |
| hasShiftToLanguage | 2 |
| languageShiftOutcome | 2 |
| languageTransmission | 2 |
| modernLanguageShift | 2 |
| areSubjectToLanguageShift | 1 |
| languageTransition | 1 |
| shiftTowardLanguage | 1 |
| shiftedToDominantLanguage | 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: languageShift
Generated description
Indicates a change in the primary language used by an entity, such as switching from one language to another over time or in a given context.
Sample triples (428)
| Subject | Object |
|---|---|
| Korandje people | Hassaniya Arabic via predicate surface "languageShiftTo" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| Tontemboan people | Indonesian language ⓘ |
| Sokna | Libyan Arabic via predicate surface "languageShiftTo" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
|
Creole of St. Louis
surface form:
Creoles of St. Louis
|
gradual shift from French to English in the 19th century ⓘ |
| Gadaba (Kondekor) language | Odia via predicate surface "hasLanguageShiftTo" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| Gadaba (Kondekor) language | Telugu via predicate surface "hasLanguageShiftTo" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| Greek Australians | from Greek to English across generations via predicate surface "languageShiftTrend" ⓘ |
| Gaddi | Hindi via predicate surface "languageShiftTowards" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
|
Roman city of Augusta Treverorum (Trier)
surface form:
Augusta Treverorum
|
Latin (ecclesiastical) via predicate surface "laterLanguage" ⓘ |
|
Roman city of Augusta Treverorum (Trier)
surface form:
Augusta Treverorum
|
German via predicate surface "laterLanguage" ⓘ |
| Isleños | English NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| Besiro | Spanish via predicate surface "hasLanguageShiftTo" ⓘ |
| Kent (early post-Roman phase) | from late Latin and Brittonic to Old English dialects via predicate surface "languageTransition" ⓘ |
| Koṭa | Tamil via predicate surface "languageShiftTo" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| Koṭa | Kannada via predicate surface "languageShiftTo" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| Koṭa | English via predicate surface "languageShiftTo" ⓘ |
| Mississippi Choctaw | English via predicate surface "languageShiftTo" ⓘ |
| Sampit region | shift from Sampit language to Indonesian via predicate surface "languageShiftTrend" ⓘ |
|
city of Ur
surface form:
Ur
|
Akkadian via predicate surface "laterLanguageUsed" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| Khmer Krom region | from Khmer to Vietnamese in public life ⓘ |
| Capsa | Berber languages via predicate surface "laterLanguage" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| Capsa | Arabic via predicate surface "laterLanguage" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| Sufetula | Greek (Byzantine period) via predicate surface "laterLanguage" ⓘ |
| Sufetula | Arabic (after Arab conquest) via predicate surface "laterLanguage" ⓘ |
| Chut language | Vietnamese language via predicate surface "languageShiftTowards" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| Mã Liềng language | Vietnamese via predicate surface "languageShiftTo" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| Chong | shift to Khmer in Cambodia ⓘ |
| Chong | shift to Thai in Thailand ⓘ |
|
German Bohemian
surface form:
German Bohemians
|
assimilation into standard German in diaspora ⓘ |
| Saponi language | English via predicate surface "languageShiftTo" ⓘ |
| Saponi language | neighboring colonial languages via predicate surface "languageShiftTo" ⓘ |
| Kensiu | Malay via predicate surface "languageShiftTo" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| Kensiu | Thai via predicate surface "languageShiftTo" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| Botlikh language | Russian language via predicate surface "languageShiftTo" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| Botlikh language | Avar language via predicate surface "languageShiftTo" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| Kingdom of Ossory | Middle Irish via predicate surface "laterLanguage" ⓘ |
| Fitzpatrick of Upper Ossory | English via predicate surface "laterLanguage" ⓘ |
|
Popolocan language
surface form:
Popolocan languages
|
Spanish language via predicate surface "languageShiftTowards" ⓘ |
|
Homshetsi (Hemshin dialect)
surface form:
Homshetsi
|
Turkish via predicate surface "languageShiftTowards" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
|
Sirenik (extinct language)
surface form:
Sirenik
|
speakers shifted to Siberian Yupik ⓘ |
|
Sirenik (extinct language)
surface form:
Sirenik
|
speakers shifted to Russian ⓘ |
| Gafat people | Amharic language via predicate surface "languageShiftTo" GENERATED ⓘ |
| Urum | Russian via predicate surface "languageShiftTo" ⓘ |
| Urum | Greek via predicate surface "languageShiftTo" ⓘ |
|
archaeological site of Ur
surface form:
Ur
|
Akkadian via predicate surface "laterLanguage" ⓘ |
| Kula | Indonesian via predicate surface "languageShiftTo" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| Forest Finns | from Finnish to Swedish ⓘ |
| Forest Finns | from Finnish to Norwegian ⓘ |
| Ixcateco | Spanish among younger generations via predicate surface "hasLanguageShiftTo" ⓘ |
| Dom | many Dom have shifted to Arabic via predicate surface "linguisticShift" ⓘ |