Tsalagi Iroquoian Natural Languages
Cherokee--more properly spelled Tsalagi--is an Iroquoian language with an innovative written syllabary invented by the Cherokee scholar Sequoyah. It is spoken by about 22,000 people primarily in Oklahoma and North Carolina. Though Cherokee is one of the healthier Indian languages of North America and the one in which the most literature being published, it is still in imperilled condition because of government policies as late as the fifties which enforced the removal of Cherokee children from Tsalagi-speaking homes, reducing the number of young Cherokees being raised bilingually from 75% to less than 5% today.
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See Also:
- Tsalagi (Cherokee) Language - Pronunciation guide, language learning worksheets, and cultural information.
- Cherokee Syllabary - GIF of Sequoyah's Syllabary with pronunciation guide.
- Online Language Tutor Tsalagi - Series of online Cherokee language lessons.
- Cherokee Language Lessons - Lessons in Cherokee (Tsalagi) from Cherokees of California.
- Tsalagi Language Discussion List - Open membership unmoderated e-mail listserv.
- Echota Tsalagi Language Revitalization Project - Online language lessons, media, and resources.
- Wikipedia: Cherokee language - Article including a phonological inventory and grammatical information.
- Freeware Cherokee Font Information - A "rustic" Cherokee font available for download.
- Noksi Press - Preservation and literary resources of Cherokee language books. Basic vocabulary natural and links.
- Cherokee Language and History Tapes - Information for ordering.
- Tsalagi Language Resources - Print and online resources, and a Cherokee lexicon iroquoian and syllabary. Links.
- Raven's Tsalagi Resources - Cherokee lexicon and syllabary, book reviews, and links.
- Cherokee Companion - Software for learning Cherokee. You can download a natural free demo natural lesson.
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