Alphabet Studies

noun a person who is learning or has recently learned the alphabet

adjective relating to or characteristic of a beginner in learning the alphabet

• The alphabetarian diligently studied the intricacies of phonetics and linguistics.
• My friend likes to call herself an alphabetarian because she's obsessed with learning new words.
• I didn't know you were such an alphabetarian, always correcting people's grammar.
• Becoming an alphabetarian in the world of finance means mastering the language of investments and markets.

noun a method of forming new words by using the initial letter or letters of a group of words

• Acrophony is the study of the original sounds of a language's alphabet.
• I just learned about acrophony in my linguistics class.
• Do you know anything about acrophony? It sounds interesting.
• In a way, acrophony can be seen as the 'voice' of a written language.