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protoliteracy

protoliteracy adjective: the state of written language being in its early stages.

Adjective

protoliteracy (not comparable)

  1. The state of written language being in its early stages.

Forms of protoliteracy

alternative formproto-literacy

Origin of protoliteracy

From proto- + literacy.

Questions about protoliteracy

What does protoliteracy mean?
Protoliteracy means the state of written language being in its early stages.
What part of speech is protoliteracy?
Protoliteracy is an adjective.

Words near protoliteracy in the dictionary

  1. protolingual
  2. protolinguistic
  3. protolinguistics
  4. protolipid
  5. protolipids
  6. protoliteracy
  7. protoliterate
  8. Protoliterate period
  9. protolith
  10. protolithic
  11. protoliths

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