nonvocal

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In 2020 scientists compared phylogenies of around 1,800 vocal and nonvocal species and estimated that acoustic communication arose roughly 100 million to 200 million years ago in association with nocturnal activity.

From Scientific American • Oct. 25, 2022

And on the site Musixmatch, Portuguese lyrics were added to the nonvocal track “Lunch”—lyrics that upon closer inspection appear to originate from the song “Ela é tipo” by the Brazilian band Banda Swell.

From Salon • Feb. 17, 2019

Certainly his nonvocal music requires instrumentalists to have a strong sense of singing style, maintaining lines, shaping phrases and pausing for breath.

From Washington Post • Feb. 6, 2017

In a stroke of genius, researchers decided to try teaching apes an alternate, nonvocal way to communicate: sign language.

From Slate • Aug. 20, 2014

They're not really nontelepathic, any more than the Kierawelans, for example, are nonvocal.

From Indirection by Freas, Kelly