Usually means: Skills developed before formal reading.
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  1. preliteracy: Merriam-Webster
  2. preliteracy: Collins English Dictionary
  3. preliteracy: Wiktionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (preliteracy)

noun:  The period before literacy, when a person or culture has not yet learned to read and write.

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