nonliterate

• Qualifie une personne ou une société qui n'utilise pas de langue écrite ou qui ne possède pas de système d'écriture.

Describes a person or society that does not use a written language; lacking a system of writing.

1. Pre-literate societyC1formal

   Describes a society or culture that has not yet developed a system of writing.

   société pré-alphabétisée

   • Anthropologists study nonliterate societies to understand early human communication.
   • The tribe remained nonliterate until contact with modern civilization.
   • Nonliterate cultures often rely on oral traditions to pass down knowledge.

   Synonymesoralpreliterate

   Antonymesliterate