"languageless" meaning in English

See languageless in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Etymology: From language + -less. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|language|less}} language + -less Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} languageless (not comparable)
  1. Without language. Tags: not-comparable Derived forms: languagelessness
    Sense id: en-languageless-en-adj-mz6~4lEf Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -less

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        {
          "ref": "2011, David Bellos, Is That a Fish in Your Ear?, Penguin, published 2012, page 61",
          "text": "But in practice, we are not born into any particular language at all: all babies are languageless at the start of life.",
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