Mündlichkeit
Sign in to savethumb|right|upright=1.2|An oral community in Takéo Province|Takéo, [[Cambodia, confronts writing. Modern scholarship has shown that orality is a complex and tenacious social phenomenon.]] Orality is thought and verbal expression in societies, distinct from the technologies of literacy (especially writing and print). The study of orality is closely allied to the study of oral tradition.