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oral literature

literary genre
Intangible literary_genre Q986539
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Summary

oral literature is a literary genre[1]. It draws 762 Wikipedia views per month (literary genre category, ranking #133 of 487).[2]

Key Facts

  • Subclass of: literature[3]
  • Commons category: Oral literature[4]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Oral literature[5]
  • Described by source: Basque Literature Terms Dictionary[6]
  • Partially coincident with: folk literature[7]
  • Has characteristic: oral tradition[8]
  • Maintained by WikiProject: WikiProject Literature[9], WikiProject Oral tradition[10], WikiProject Anthropology[11]

Why It Matters

oral literature has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[12] It is known by 47 alternative names across languages and contexts.[13]

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References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [12] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [13] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). oral literature. Retrieved October 17, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/oral-literature
MLA “oral literature.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 17 Oct. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/oral-literature.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_oral-literature_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{oral literature}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/oral-literature}, note = {Accessed: 2026-10-17}}
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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 4w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-09-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → folk-literature
    Partially coincident with → folk literature
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: folk-literature, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289925817|folk literature (#289925817)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper'"
  2. 18w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → h0002751-lidova-slovesnost
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: h0002751-lidova-slovesnost, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259499|batch #259499]]"
  3. 20w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → literary genre
    Subclass of → —
    Aliases → —
    Subclass of → literature
    + 5 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|3 */ National library of israel j9u id: 987007540933005171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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