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prelanguage

prelanguage noun: vocal utterances that precede the development of language.

Noun

prelanguage (usually uncountable, plural prelanguages)

  1. (usually) Vocal utterances that precede the development of language.

Forms of prelanguage

pluralprelanguages

Origin of prelanguage

From pre- + language.

Questions about prelanguage

What does prelanguage mean?
Prelanguage means vocal utterances that precede the development of language.
What part of speech is prelanguage?
Prelanguage is a noun.
What is the plural of prelanguage?
The plural of prelanguage is prelanguages.

Words near prelanguage in the dictionary

  1. prelaminar
  2. prelaminated
  3. prelamination
  4. prelamins
  5. prelanding
  6. prelanguage
  7. prelanguages
  8. prelap
  9. prelaparoscopic
  10. prelaps
  11. prelapsarian

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Adapted from Wiktionary: prelanguage (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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