The percentage of illiteracy in that country is 36%.
Source: tatoeba (1002983)
Illiteracy
//ɪˈlɪtəɹəsi//
Synonyms for "illiteracy" (5 found)
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Closest matches (1)
Noun(1 words)
Strong matches (2)
Related words (2)
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6 entriesSynonyms
1 entriesRelated terms
3 entriescoordinate
3 entriesderived
2 entriesderived from
2 entriesdistinct from
2 entriesis a
3 entriesrelated to
20 entriesShowing 16 of 20 words.
Translations
50 translations across 39 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- أُمِّيَّة noun (inability to read and write)
Bulgarian
1 entries- неграмотност noun (inability to read and write)
Catalan
1 entries- analfabetisme noun (inability to read and write)
Central Kurdish
1 entries- نەخوێندەواری noun (inability to read and write)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 文盲 noun (inability to read and write)
Chukchi
1 entries- айгоԓяткэгыргын noun (inability to read and write)
Cornish
1 entries- anlettryseth noun (inability to read and write)
Czech
1 entries- negramotnost noun (inability to read and write)
Danish
1 entries- analfabetisme noun (inability to read and write)
Dutch
1 entries- analfabetisme noun (inability to read and write)
Eastern Min Chinese
1 entries- 青盲牛 noun (inability to read and write)
Esperanto
1 entries- analfabeteco noun (inability to read and write)
Faroese
1 entries- ólesi noun (inability to read and write)
Finnish
1 entries- lukutaidottomuus noun (inability to read and write)
French
3 entries- analphabétisme noun (inability to read and write)
- illettrisme noun (inability to read and write)
- illittérature noun (inability to read and write)
Galician
1 entries- analfabetismo noun (inability to read and write)
Georgian
1 entries- წერა-კითხვის უცოდინრობა noun (inability to read and write)
German
1 entries- Analphabetismus noun (inability to read and write)
Hindi
1 entries- निरक्षरता noun (inability to read and write)
Hungarian
2 entries- analfabetizmus noun (inability to read and write)
- írástudatlanság noun (inability to read and write)
Indonesian
1 entries- buta aksara noun (inability to read and write)
Irish
1 entries- neamhlitearthacht noun (inability to read and write)
Italian
1 entries- analfabetismo noun (inability to read and write)
Japanese
2 entries- 文盲 noun (inability to read and write)
- 非識字 noun (inability to read and write)
Kazakh
1 entries- сауатсыздық noun (inability to read and write)
Lao
1 entries- ຄວາມບໍ່ຮູ້ໜັງສື noun (inability to read and write)
Latin
1 entries- analphabētismus noun (inability to read and write)
Macedonian
1 entries- неписменост noun (inability to read and write)
Northern Kurdish
1 entries- nexwendewarî noun (inability to read and write)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- analfabetisme noun (inability to read and write)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- analfabetisme noun (inability to read and write)
Polish
2 entries- analfabetyzm noun (inability to read and write)
- niepiśmienność noun (inability to read and write)
Portuguese
2 entries- analfabetismo noun (inability to read and write)
- iliteracia noun (inability to read and write)
Russian
2 entries- безгра́мотность noun (inability to read and write)
- негра́мотность noun (inability to read and write)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- nepismenost noun (inability to read and write)
- неписменост noun (inability to read and write)
Spanish
3 entries- agrafia noun (inability to read and write)
- agrafía noun (inability to read and write)
- analfabetismo noun (inability to read and write)
Swedish
1 entries- analfabetism noun (inability to read and write)
Tagalog
2 entries- dikanulatan noun (inability to read and write)
- kamaangan noun (inability to read and write)
Telugu
1 entries- నిరక్షరాస్యత noun (inability to read and write)
Sample sentences
13 total sentences available.
Monolingualism is the illiteracy of the 21st century.
Source: tatoeba (2622519)
In a society that uses thousands of logograms, there is much hidden illiteracy that people don't talk much about in public.
Source: tatoeba (4646119)
The government has made joint efforts to eradicate illiteracy.
Source: tatoeba (5130711)
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