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Alfabeto Cherokee

Cherokee Syllabary

The Cherokee syllabary was invented by Sequoyah between 1809 and 1821. Each of the 85 characters represents a syllable. Within just a few years of its creation, the majority of Cherokee people had become literate — one of the fastest adoptions of a writing system in recorded history. It is the only script known to have been invented by a person who could not read any other language.

Vowel Syllables

Carácter	Nombre	Romanización	Pronunciación
Ꭰ	A	a	like 'a' in 'father'
Ꭱ	E	e	like 'e' in 'they'
Ꭲ	I	i	like 'ee' in 'meet'
Ꭳ	O	o	like 'o' in 'go'
Ꭴ	U	u	like 'oo' in 'moon'
Ꭵ	V	v	like 'u' in 'but' (nasalized)

GA / HA Series

Carácter	Nombre	Romanización	Pronunciación
Ꭶ	Ga	ga	like 'ga' in 'garden'
Ꭸ	Ge	ge	like 'gay'
Ꭹ	Gi	gi	like 'gee'
Ꭺ	Go	go	like 'go'
Ꭻ	Gu	gu	like 'goo'
Ꭼ	Gv	gv	like 'guh' (nasalized)
Ꭽ	Ha	ha	like 'ha'
Ꭾ	He	he	like 'hey'
Ꭿ	Hi	hi	like 'hee'
Ꮀ	Ho	ho	like 'ho'
Ꮁ	Hu	hu	like 'hoo'
Ꮂ	Hv	hv	like 'huh' (nasalized)

LA / NA / SA Series

Carácter	Nombre	Romanización	Pronunciación
Ꮃ	La	la	like 'la'
Ꮄ	Le	le	like 'lay'
Ꮅ	Li	li	like 'lee'
Ꮆ	Lo	lo	like 'lo'
Ꮎ	Na	na	like 'na'
Ꮑ	Ne	ne	like 'nay'
Ꮒ	Ni	ni	like 'nee'
Ꮓ	No	no	like 'no'
Ꮜ	Sa	sa	like 'sa'
Ꮞ	Se	se	like 'say'
Ꮟ	Si	si	like 'see'
Ꮠ	So	so	like 'so'

DA / WA / YA Series

Carácter	Nombre	Romanización	Pronunciación
Ꮣ	Da	da / ta	like 'da'
Ꮥ	De	de / te	like 'day'
Ꮧ	Di	di / ti	like 'dee'
Ꮩ	Do	do	like 'doe'
Ꮹ	Wa	wa	like 'wa'
Ꮺ	We	we	like 'way'
Ꮻ	Wi	wi	like 'wee'
Ꮼ	Wo	wo	like 'woe'
Ꮿ	Ya	ya	like 'ya' in 'yard'
Ᏸ	Ye	ye	like 'yay'
Ᏹ	Yi	yi	like 'yee'
Ᏺ	Yo	yo	like 'yo'

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Palabras Comunes en Cherokee

Sustantivos, verbos y adjetivos esenciales.