preliterate

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preliterate

adjective

not comparable, of a culture that has not yet developed a written language
not comparable, of a person who has not yet learned to read and write

noun preliterates

a member of such a culture

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@misc{preliterate_2026,
  title = {preliterate},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/preliterate},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}