ᎬᎿᎨ ᏧᎳ
gvnage tsula
The English phrase "black fox" is translated into Cherokee as ᎬᎿᎨ ᏧᎳ (gvnage tsula).
This phrase is used to describe a fox that has black fur.
How do you pronounce it?
gvnage tsula
Did you know?
- In Cherokee culture, the fox ᏧᎳ is often portrayed as a clever trickster figure in traditional storytelling, similar to the role of the coyote in other Native American cultures.
- The syllables used to write ᎬᎿᎨ ᏧᎳ were part of a revolutionary writing system invented by a man named Sequoyah in just a few years during the 1820s.
- Cherokee is a polysynthetic language, meaning that while 'black fox' is two words here, many descriptions that would require a long sentence in English can be compressed into a single complex word in Cherokee.
