literacy

ability to read for knowledge, write coherently, and think critically about the written word; ability to read, write, and use arithmetic
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literacy

Summary

literacy is a concept[1]. literacy ranks in the top 7% of concept entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,849 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • literacy's instance of is recorded as concept[3].
  • literacy's instance of is recorded as academic discipline[4].
  • literacy followed learning to read[5].
  • literacy is a type of skill[6].
  • literacy is a type of basic study subject[7].
  • literacy's Commons category is recorded as Literacy[8].
  • literacy's said to be the same as is recorded as literacy[9].
  • literacy's said to be the same as is recorded as eradication of illiteracy[10].
  • literacy is the opposite of illiteracy[11].
  • literacy's has cause is recorded as education[12].
  • literacy's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Literacy[13].
  • literacy's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[14].
  • literacy's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[15].
  • literacy's described by source is recorded as Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron[16].
  • literacy's described by source is recorded as Soziolinguistika Hiztegia[17].
  • literacy's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 3[18].
  • literacy's partially coincident with is recorded as Secondary orality[19].
  • literacy's main Wikidata property is recorded as P6897[20].
  • literacy's different from is recorded as orality[21].
  • literacy's studied by is recorded as sociolinguistics[22].
  • literacy's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:List of articles all languages should have[23].
  • literacy's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[24].

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Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include concept[3] and academic discipline[4]. Recorded subclass of include skill[6] and basic study subject[7]. literacy is the opposite of illiteracy[11].

Influence

Things named for literacy include International Literacy Day[25], a world day[26], founded in 1966[27] and religious literacy[28], a skill[29].

Why It Matters

literacy ranks in the top 7% of concept entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,849 views/month).[2] literacy has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[30] literacy is known by 14 alternative names across languages and contexts.[31]

Entities named for literacy include International Literacy Day[25], a world day[26], founded in 1966[27] and religious literacy[28], a skill[29].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
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  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
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  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
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  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [25] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [28] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [26] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [27] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [30] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [31] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 13h ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Studied by sociolinguistics
    On focus list of wikimedia project Wikipedia:List of articles all languages should have, Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
    Subclass of skill, basic study subject
    Instance of concept, academic discipline
    + 14 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|11 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 11405, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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