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New page: '''Tsalagi''' is the Cherokee syllabary, the written language of the Southern Iroquoian, still spoken by some 22,000 people today, primarily in the states of Oklahoma and [[North C...
'''Tsalagi''' is the [[Cherokee]] syllabary, the written language of the Southern Iroquoian, still spoken by some 22,000 people today, primarily in the states of [[Oklahoma]] and [[North Carolina]]. It differs from the Western alphabet in that each symbol represents a syllable - either a combination of a consonant ad vowel, or just a vowel.
The syllabary was created by Chief Sequoyah (a.k.a George Guess) in 1819. He was the last member of his tribe's scribe clan and it is possible that the written language was formalised before him.<ref>http://www.omniglot.com/writing/cherokee.htm</ref>
==The Tsalagi Syllabary==
[[Image:Cherokee.png]]
==External links==
*[http://www.native-languages.org/cherokee.htm Native Languages - Cherokee]
*[http://www.wehali.com/tsalagi/ English/Cherokee Dictionary]
==References==
{{Reflist}}
[[category:Syllabaries]]
The syllabary was created by Chief Sequoyah (a.k.a George Guess) in 1819. He was the last member of his tribe's scribe clan and it is possible that the written language was formalised before him.<ref>http://www.omniglot.com/writing/cherokee.htm</ref>
==The Tsalagi Syllabary==
[[Image:Cherokee.png]]
==External links==
*[http://www.native-languages.org/cherokee.htm Native Languages - Cherokee]
*[http://www.wehali.com/tsalagi/ English/Cherokee Dictionary]
==References==
{{Reflist}}
[[category:Syllabaries]]