The term "dumb" historically referred to someone who was unable to speak or unable to speak fluently, not necessarily due to lack of intelligence. However, it is now considered outdated and offensive to use this term to describe a mute person.
A person who can not or will not speak is known as a 'mute'
Mute or sometimes dumb
A person who does not speak is called mute or nonverbal.
"dumb" is the old word for this condition. Unfortunately dumb has come to mean stupid, so the politically correct probably have another term for it is mute.
Another term for a mute person is a nonverbal person or a speechless person.
The person would be "mute", or is it "dumb"? LIke a mute swan or like "keep mum, stay dumb"(wartime slogan)
A person who cannot hear or speak is called a deaf-mute.Someone who cannot hear or distinguish sounds at all is "deaf".Someone with partial deafness may be referred to as "hearing impaired".
I think that they are called mute. I've also heard Dumb as an answer but not dumb like stupid
A person who can not or will not speak is known as a 'mute'
Adjectives for a person who cannot talk are mute, dumb, aphasic and aphonic. Mute is also a noun.
You call them 'mute'.
Early ones were bell-shaped, but made no sounds. ("Dumb" is an old term for "mute".) 'Dumb' is still in use in Britain, meaning 'mute' The use of 'dumb' meaning' 'stupid' is chiefly North American.
this person is called a mute.
A person unable to speak is sometimes known as "mute" - in the old days, they were called "dumb", as in "deaf and dumb" but that has kind of fallen out of favor.Also called "aphasic"
It can be used but the more polite term is mute.
A person who cannot speak is called mute or speechless.
Mute