written language

Example Sentences

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"It's our first language; how can we not preserve what's ours? It's not a written language and we spell it any old how, but it has rhythm and I'm proud of it."

From BBC • Feb. 15, 2025

People with aphasia have a reduced ability to understand or produce speech or written language.

From Science Daily • May 16, 2024

They were made in a time before written language, and the great majority of them were dug up by people looking for something to sell.

From New York Times • Feb. 1, 2024

The story of the stones was initially handed down orally, like all tales in Hawaii before the introduction of the written language in the 1800s.

From Washington Times • Oct. 25, 2023

For generations, the Inuit did not have a written language.

From "Shipwrecked!" by Martin W. Sandler