"prealphabetic" meaning in English

See prealphabetic in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Etymology: From pre- + alphabetic. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|pre|alphabetic}} pre- + alphabetic Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} prealphabetic (not comparable)
  1. Before the invention of the alphabet. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-prealphabetic-en-adj-t8PsAs5Z
  2. (linguistics) Before the alphabet has been learned. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Linguistics
    Sense id: en-prealphabetic-en-adj-mq5MAAR- Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with pre-, Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 17 83 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with pre-: 20 80 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 22 78 Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
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