We're developing sound recognition, pronunciation, and vocabulary in the Cherokee 101 class. Here's a previous post with transcript. We are using these cards in class now, with Do iyusdi tsaduliha? What do you want? and Tsadulihatsu hia gvnosasdi? Do you want this broom? ᎦᏅᏆᎶᏍᏗ, ganvgwalosdi, hammer ᏗᎵᏲ, diliyo, socks ᎪᏪᎵ, gohweli, paper ᏗᎪᏪᎳᏅᎢ, digohwelanvi, that for writing ᏴᎩ, yvgi, fork ᏩᏚᎵᏏ, wadulisi, bee; honey ᎦᏁᎯᏴᎢ, ganehiyvi, juice; residual liquid ᏓᎶᏂᎨ ᏧᎾᏦᏍᏗ ᎦᏁᎯᏴ, dalonige tsuntsosdi g

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Vowel sounds and alphabetic spellings of Cherokee language Each vowel has a long value and a short value. Each vowel has a high pitch value and a low pitch value. This is a simplified presentation to introduce the general vowel qualities and the spellings. Cut and paste to your notebooks Vowels Ꭰ, Ꭱ, Ꭲ, Ꭳ, Ꭴ, Ꭵ ᎠᎨᏯ agehya woman ᎠᏍᎦᏯ asgaya man ᎡᏆ egwa big, it/he/she ᎡᏙᎭ edoha he/she is there; she/he is walking around ᎢᎦ iga noon ᎢᎾᏓ inada snake ᎣᏏᏊ osgigwu just fine ᎣᏍᏓ osda good ᎤᏬᏚᎯ uwoduhi sh

We're working with Cherokee Nation's ᏗᏣᎳᎩ ᏗᎪᏪᎶᏗ Cherokee syllabary workbook. We are reformatting it into a set of smaller booklets. Here is the a-column of syllables, following the alphabetic order of the syllabary. ᏗᏕᏲᎲᏍᎩ ᎤᏓᏠᎯᏓ begins by discussing the back cover and the set of syllables created by ᏍᏍᏉᏯ. He notes that we have dropped the Ꮐ syllable. It used to be used in short grammatical function words. Then he flips the book and reads through it, noting that it is a writing practice book and

Cherokee language, writing system and pronunciation

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