nonliterate

Example Sentences

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He was less interested in prehistory and in simpler, nonliterate societies.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond

Why did New Guineans continue to use stone tools instead of developing metal tools, remain nonliterate, and fail to organize themselves into chiefdoms and states?

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond

More quickly: The child who learns to read about his nonliterate ancestors necessarily separates himself from their way of life.

From "Hunger of Memory" by Richard Rodriguez

The Iliad and Odyssey were composed and transmitted by nonliterate bards for nonliterate listeners, and not committed to writing until the development of the Greek alphabet hundreds of years later.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond