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nonlinguistic

adjective
non·​lin·​guis·​tic | \ ËŒnän-liÅ‹-ˈgwi-stik How to pronounce nonlinguistic (audio) \

Definition of nonlinguistic

: not consisting of or related to language : not linguistic … nonlinguistic sounds such as whistles, yells, laughs, and cries …American Speech … produce as their immediate response a linguistic or nonlinguistic signal of understanding or continued attention.— W. Nelson Francis

Other Words from nonlinguistic

nonlinguistically \ ËŒnän-​liÅ‹-​ˈgwi-​sti-​k(É™-​)lÄ“ How to pronounce nonlinguistically (audio) \ adverb

First Known Use of nonlinguistic

1909, in the meaning defined above

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