orality

The Orality Quotient (OQ) is how we measure a people group's reliance on oral communication. It ranges from very LOR (close to 0) to very HOR (approximating 100). There is no such thing as a dichotomy between oral and non-oral people. It is a preference spectrum ranging from very LOR to very HOR people. Most people fit somewhere in between…

Low Orality Reliance describes people who primarily learn from written text. Even LOR people still use their innate orality expressed with music, drama, stories, etc. Still, the difference to HOR culture is that they prefer to learn from written text, often seen as superior to orality methods of communicating news, important information, and truths. When the Bible came from Gutenberg’s…

High Orality Reliance describes people who prefer to communicate with oral methods instead of relying on written text. It’s how they best receive, understand, remember, and pass on news, important information, and truths. They prefer music, drama, and stories from people they trust in language they understand and terms they use. 80% of the world remains highly reliant on oral…