What does prealphabet mean?
Prealphabet means A writing system that was used before an alphabet, or later developed into an alphabet..
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A writing system that was used before an alphabet, or later developed into an alphabet..
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.'
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Prealphabet means A writing system that was used before an alphabet, or later developed into an alphabet..
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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.'
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