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 |
|---|---|
| United States of America | English ⓘ |
| Washington, D.C. | English via predicate surface "primaryWorkingLanguage" ⓘ |
| Massachusetts | English via predicate surface "officialLanguageDeFacto" ⓘ |
| Douglas | English via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| English | many countries worldwide via predicate surface "usedAsSecondLanguageIn" ⓘ |
| Puerto Rico | Puerto Rican Spanish via predicate surface "regionalLanguage" ⓘ |
| Sacramento | English via predicate surface "languageMajority" ⓘ |
| United Kingdom | English via predicate surface "deFactoOfficialLanguage" ⓘ |
| William | English via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| William | French via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| William | German via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| William | Dutch via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| William | Scandinavian languages via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Dutch East Indies | Malay via predicate surface "commonLanguages" ⓘ |
| Dutch East Indies | Javanese via predicate surface "commonLanguages" ⓘ |
| Dutch East Indies |
Sundanese
via predicate surface "commonLanguages"
ⓘ
linked to:
Austronesian languages
|
| Thompsonville, Newton | English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguageDeFacto" ⓘ |
| Los Alamos, New Mexico | English via predicate surface "languageMajority" ⓘ |
| Internet Engineering Task Force | English via predicate surface "primaryWorkingLanguage" ⓘ |
| Panama | Ngäbere via predicate surface "regionalLanguage" ⓘ |
| Panama | Kuna via predicate surface "regionalLanguage" ⓘ |
| Panama | Emberá via predicate surface "regionalLanguage" ⓘ |
| Arabic | Middle East via predicate surface "usedAsLinguaFrancaIn" ⓘ |
| Arabic | North Africa via predicate surface "usedAsLinguaFrancaIn" ⓘ |
| French Indochina | Vietnamese via predicate surface "commonLanguage" ⓘ |
| French Indochina | Khmer via predicate surface "commonLanguage" ⓘ |
| French Indochina | Lao via predicate surface "commonLanguage" ⓘ |
| Miami | Spanish via predicate surface "languageMajority" ⓘ |
| Pella, Iowa | English via predicate surface "languageMajority" ⓘ |
| Sioux County, Iowa | English via predicate surface "languageMajority" ⓘ |
| Kansai region |
Kansai dialect
via predicate surface "regionalLanguage"
ⓘ
linked to:
Osaka dialect
|
| AAL | English via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |
| Indian English | interstate communication in India via predicate surface "isLinguaFrancaFor" ⓘ |
| Indian English | higher education in many Indian institutions via predicate surface "isLinguaFrancaFor" ⓘ |
| Indian English | IT and outsourcing industries in India via predicate surface "isLinguaFrancaFor" ⓘ |
|
Southern Canada
linked to:
southern Canada
|
English via predicate surface "languageMajority" ⓘ |
|
Southern Canada
linked to:
southern Canada
|
French via predicate surface "languageMajority" ⓘ |
| Kanji |
Japanese language
via predicate surface "languageOfUse"
ⓘ
linked to:
Japanese
|
| Angus | Scots via predicate surface "regionalLanguage" ⓘ |
| Angus | Scottish Gaelic via predicate surface "regionalLanguage" ⓘ |
| Bombay Presidency | Marathi via predicate surface "commonLanguage" ⓘ |
| Bombay Presidency | Gujarati via predicate surface "commonLanguage" ⓘ |
| Bombay Presidency | Sindhi via predicate surface "commonLanguage" ⓘ |
| Bombay Presidency | Kannada via predicate surface "commonLanguage" ⓘ |
| Nice | Niçard Occitan via predicate surface "regionalLanguage" ⓘ |
| Nice | Italian (historical influence) via predicate surface "regionalLanguage" ⓘ |
|
Strasbourg
linked to:
Strasbourg is seat of the Council of Europe
|
Alsatian via predicate surface "regionalLanguage" ⓘ |
|
Fürth
linked to:
Fürth, Bavaria, Germany
|
East Franconian German via predicate surface "regionalLanguage" ⓘ |
| Central America | Spanish via predicate surface "languageMajority" ⓘ |
| Robert | English via predicate surface "languageOfUse" ⓘ |