communal whiteboard

Yinrih are innately literate in the same way that humans are innately verbal. In order for this to work, kits have to be exposed to writing in the same way a human baby has to be exposed to language in order to acquire it.

For this to work, yinrih have to write a lot, and in a way that others can see. Perhaps there's a surface in every home and office that acts like a bulletin board or refrigerator door, where people leave messages for others to see.