literation means the use of letters to represent sounds, words, etc., in a language. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 89 out of 100.
noun
- The use of letters to represent sounds, words, etc., in a language.“Another point which is of much importance, but upon which there is not at present any agreement among librarians, is the system of literation to be adopted where it becomes necessary to represent in English characters, names or words from languages having special characters of their own.”