#term alternatives

nullvox -> null (nulla) = no, vox = voice. a word/term for those who fall silent and arent autistic nor have some condition that causes mutism of any range. an alterative for "nonverbal".

tacevox/tacetvox -> tace/tacet = silent, vox = voice. a word/term for those who fall silent and arent autistic nor have some condition that causes mutism of any range. an alterative for "nonverbal".

siovox, siofoni, ochifoni/chorisfoni (greek(+latin))

siovox -> sio(siopilos) = silent, vox = voice. a word/term for those who fall silent and arent autistic nor have some condition that causes mutism of any range. an alterative for "nonverbal".

siofoni -> sio(siopilos) = silent, foni = voice. a word/term for those who fall silent and arent autistic nor have some condition that causes mutism of any range. an alterative for "nonverbal".

ochifoni/chorisfoni -> ochi = no, foni = voice / choris foni = no voice. a word/term for those who fall silent and arent autistic nor have some condition that causes mutism of any range. an alterative for "nonverbal".

ochilogia/chorislogia, pagofoni, pagolexei/pagologia (greek)

ochilogia/chorislogia -> ochi = no, logia = words / choris logia = no words. a word/term for those who fall silent and arent autistic nor have some condition that causes mutism of any range. an alterative for "nonverbal".

pagofoni -> pago (pagomenos/pagoma) = frozen/freeze, foni = voice / pagomeni foni = frozen voice. a word/term for those who fall silent and arent autistic nor have some condition that causes mutism of any range. an alterative for "nonverbal".

pagolexei/pagologia -> pago (pagomenos/pagoma) frozen/freeze, logia = words / pagomenes lexeis = frozen words. a word/term for those who fall silent and arent autistic nor have some condition that causes mutism of any range. an alterative for "nonverbal".

-becoming speachless

-going silent

-loss of speech/loosing speech

-loss of words/loosing words

-being/becoming wordless

-becoming unspeaking

-being/becoming voiceless

-being tight-lipped/tongue-tied/close-mouthed

-being verbally uncommunicative

-being untalkative

-being tacit/taciturn

-being/becoming/became aphonic

-being unspoken/unvoic(ed/ing)/unuttering

-gone silent/quiet

-being nonlexical

coined by us: here

other phrases: 1 . 2

feel free to add more, i will be coining some words soon to add to the list, if you know of anything coined already please let me know so i can add them.

these are alternatives for people who arent actually nonverbal/mute to some degree as using the phrase "going nonverbal" has been expressed to be incorrect and honestly people just need a change in vocabulary. /info

the word nonverbal typically refers to an autistic person however being nonverbal is not solely a symptom of autism there are other conditions that cause a range of mutism in a person. /info