ᏏᏲ ᎩᎾᎵᎢ
Siyo ginali'i
The phrase ᏏᏲ ᎩᎾᎵᎢ (Siyo ginali'i) is how to say hello, my friend in Cherokee.
This phrase is a friendly greeting used to say hello to a person you know well.
How do you pronounce it?
Siyo ginali'i
Did you know?
- The Cherokee writing system was invented by a man named Sequoyah, who was not literate in English before creating the script.
- The greeting ᏏᏲ is an example of a 'syllabary' system, where each character represents a whole syllable rather than a single letter.
- Cherokee is a polysynthetic language, meaning a single word can often contain as much information as an entire English sentence.
Example conversation
Two friends meet on a walking path.
- AᏏᏲ ᎩᎾᎵᎢ!Siyo gináli-i!Hello, my friend!
- BᎣᏏᏲ! ᎦᏓᏘᎢ?Osiyo! Gadati-i?Hi! Where are you going?
- AᎠᎩᏓᏓᏓᏘᏍᎩ ᎤᏓᏓᏅᏘ.Agidadatisgi udadanvti.I am going to the store.
- BᎣᏏᏳ, ᎩᎾᎵᎢ.Osiyu, gináli-i.Good, my friend.
