ᎠᎭᏂ
ahani
The Cherokee word for "here" is ᎠᎭᏂ (ahani).
ᎠᎭᏂ is an adverb used to indicate being in, on or at this specific place.
Meaning: in, on, or at this place (adv)
How do you pronounce it?
ahani
Did you know?
- The Cherokee syllabary used to write ᎠᎭᏂ was invented by a man named Sequoyah who was not literate in English when he created it.
- The characters in ᎠᎭᏂ are syllables, not individual letters, meaning each symbol represents a consonant and a vowel combined.
- Because Cherokee is a polysynthetic language, the word for 'here' often acts as a small building block that can be absorbed into much longer, complex verbs.
