prealphabet
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]prealphabet (plural prealphabets)
- A writing system that was used before an alphabet, or later developed into an alphabet.
- 2018, Bob Yareham, English Actually:
- Our own dearly beloved Anglo Saxons used a very basic prealphabet consisting of 'runes' (straight lines scratched onto wood, bone or stone) called, rather quaintly I think, 'futhorc.'