historicallySpoke

P23402
predicate

Indicates that an entity used a particular language as a spoken language during some period in the past.

All labels observed (13)

Label Occurrences
historicallySpokenBy 94
hasLanguageHistoricallySpoken 27
languageHistorically 27

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: historicallySpoke
Generated description
Indicates that an entity used a particular language as a spoken language during some period in the past.

Sample triples (242)

Subject Object
Scandinavians Old Norse
linked to: Norse
Early Modern Dutch Habsburg Netherlands via predicate surface "spokenInHistoricalEntity"
Early Modern Dutch Dutch Republic via predicate surface "spokenInHistoricalEntity"
Early Modern Dutch Spanish Netherlands via predicate surface "spokenInHistoricalEntity"
Corsican language Corsicans via predicate surface "historicallySpokenBy"
Nahuan languages Aztecs via predicate surface "historicallySpokenBy"
linked to: Aztec Empire
Nahuan languages Mexica people via predicate surface "historicallySpokenBy"
linked to: Mexica
Nahuan languages Toltecs via predicate surface "historicallySpokenBy"
linked to: Toltec civilization
Nahuan languages other Nahua peoples via predicate surface "historicallySpokenBy"
Este Venetic language via predicate surface "usedLanguageHistorically"
Este Latin via predicate surface "usedLanguageHistorically"
Carib languages Island Caribs via predicate surface "historicallySpokenBy"
linked to: Carib peoples
Carib languages Mainland Caribs via predicate surface "historicallySpokenBy"
linked to: Carib peoples
Kipchak languages Kipchak people via predicate surface "historicallySpokenBy"
linked to: Turkic peoples
Kipchak languages Cuman people via predicate surface "historicallySpokenBy"
Kipchak languages Kipchak Turkic peoples via predicate surface "historicallySpokenBy"
linked to: Turkic peoples
Aboriginal languages hundreds of distinct Aboriginal nations via predicate surface "historicallySpokenBy"
Miami-Illinois language Miami people via predicate surface "historicallySpokenBy"
Miami-Illinois language Illinois people via predicate surface "historicallySpokenBy"
linked to: Illinois peoples
Miami-Illinois language Illiniwek via predicate surface "historicallySpokenBy"
AAVE African Americans via predicate surface "historicallySpokenBy"
linked to: Black Americans
Iroquoian languages Iroquois via predicate surface "historicallySpokenBy"
linked to: Iroquoian peoples
Iroquoian languages Haudenosaunee via predicate surface "historicallySpokenBy"
Iroquoian languages Cherokee people via predicate surface "historicallySpokenBy"
linked to: Cherokee
Iroquoian languages Huron-Wendat people via predicate surface "historicallySpokenBy"
linked to: Wyandot
Iroquoian languages Tuscarora people via predicate surface "historicallySpokenBy"
linked to: Tuscarora
Iroquoian languages Mohawk people via predicate surface "historicallySpokenBy"
Iroquoian languages Oneida people via predicate surface "historicallySpokenBy"
linked to: Oneida nation
Iroquoian languages Onondaga people via predicate surface "historicallySpokenBy"
linked to: Onondaga nation
Iroquoian languages Cayuga people via predicate surface "historicallySpokenBy"
linked to: Cayuga nation
Iroquoian languages Seneca people via predicate surface "historicallySpokenBy"
linked to: Seneca nation
Taracahitic indigenous peoples of northwestern Mexico via predicate surface "spokenInThePastBy"
Elisavetpol Russian via predicate surface "historicalLanguageUsed"
Elisavetpol Azerbaijani via predicate surface "historicalLanguageUsed"
Elisavetpol Armenian via predicate surface "historicalLanguageUsed"
Haketia Sephardic Jews via predicate surface "historicallySpokenBy"
linked to: Sephardi Jews
Great Andamanese languages several thousand people in the 19th century via predicate surface "historicalSpeakers"
Hamilton family (Dukes of Hamilton) Scots via predicate surface "languageHistorically"
Hamilton family (Dukes of Hamilton) English via predicate surface "languageHistorically"
Corisco Benga language via predicate surface "hasLanguageHistoricallySpoken"
California Penutian languages indigenous peoples of California via predicate surface "historicallySpokenBy"
Dzhidi Jewish communities via predicate surface "historicallySpokenBy"
Oghuz Turkic language Oghuz Turks via predicate surface "historicallySpokenBy"
linked to: Oghuz
Judeo-Tajik Bukharan Jews via predicate surface "historicallySpokenBy"
Mohegan-Pequot language Mohegan people via predicate surface "historicallySpokenBy"
linked to: Mohegan tribe
Mohegan-Pequot language Pequot people via predicate surface "historicallySpokenBy"
Arvanites Arvanitika
Taishanese overseas Chinese in North America via predicate surface "historicallySpokenBy"
Taishanese early Chinese immigrants to the United States via predicate surface "historicallySpokenBy"
Taishanese early Chinese immigrants to Canada via predicate surface "historicallySpokenBy"