a. rare. [f. ALLITER(ATE) after literal: see -AL 1.] Characterized by alliteration; an attribute applied by Appleyard (1850), to the Caffre group of languages.
1850. Appleyard, Kafir Lang., 26. The alliteral class forms the second and principal division of South African languages.
1864. Max Müller, Sc. Lang., II. 12. The Kafir, or, as Appleyard calls them, alliteral languages.
