nonlinguistic
adjective
non·lin·guis·tic
ˌnän-liŋ-ˈgwi-stik
: not consisting of or related to language : not linguistic
… nonlinguistic sounds such as whistles, yells, laughs, and cries …—American Speech
… produce as their immediate response a linguistic or nonlinguistic signal of understanding or continued attention.—W. Nelson Francis
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