orature

noun2

1. •
   The oral equivalent of literature: a collection of traditional folk songs, stories, etc., that is communicated orally rather than in writing.

   • It is because of this that Mr Pio Zirimu, a Ugandan linguist and literary critic, has coined the word ‘orature’. — 1972
2. •
   (Scotland, no longer used) Variant of oratour (“a small room or chapel used for prayer and worship, or for private study; an oratory”).