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oral tradition

form of human communication wherein knowledge, art, ideas and cultural material is received, preserved, and transmitted orally from one generation to another
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oral tradition

Summary

oral tradition is a form of communication[1]. It ranks in the top 9% of form_of_communication entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,747 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • oral tradition's instance of is recorded as form of communication[3].
  • oral tradition's instance of is recorded as human communication[4].
  • oral tradition is a type of knowledge sharing[5].
  • oral tradition is a type of work[6].
  • oral tradition is part of traditional culture[7].
  • oral tradition's Commons category is recorded as Oral tradition[8].
  • oral tradition is the opposite of written tradition[9].
  • oral tradition's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Oral tradition[10].
  • oral tradition's facet of is recorded as communicative memory[11].
  • oral tradition's facet of is recorded as tradition[12].
  • oral tradition's facet of is recorded as culture[13].
  • oral tradition's has characteristic is recorded as orality[14].
  • oral tradition's uses is recorded as oral media[15].
  • oral tradition's uses is recorded as oral communication[16].
  • oral tradition's uses is recorded as speech[17].
  • oral tradition's uses is recorded as folklore[18].
  • oral tradition's uses is recorded as ballad[19].
  • oral tradition's uses is recorded as chant[20].
  • oral tradition's uses is recorded as prose[21].
  • oral tradition's uses is recorded as poetry[22].
  • oral tradition's uses is recorded as memorization[23].
  • oral tradition's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Oral tradition[24].
  • oral tradition's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Anthropology[25].
  • oral tradition's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Folklore[26].
  • oral tradition's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Religion[27].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include form of communication[3] and human communication[4]. Recorded subclass of include knowledge sharing[5] and work[6]. oral tradition is the opposite of written tradition[9].

Use and Application

oral tradition is part of traditional culture[7].

Why It Matters

oral tradition ranks in the top 9% of form_of_communication entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,747 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 41 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

Related Entities

Aesop's Fables folklore poetry speech

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 14d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → —
    Facet of → communicative memory, tradition, culture
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