ᏓᎵᏆ
Daliqua
ᏓᎵᏆ (Daliqua) is the Cherokee word for Tahlequah, a city in Oklahoma that serves as the capital of the Cherokee Nation.
How do you pronounce it?
The romanization is Daliqua.
Did you know?
- The name ᏓᎵᏆ serves as a linguistic marker of the 'Trail of Tears' era. Its Choctaw roots in a Cherokee capital highlight how different nations were forced into the same territories in Oklahoma.
- While the English spelling is 'Tahlequah', the Cherokee syllabary ᏓᎵᏆ is pronounced more like 'Da-li-qua'.
- In the Cherokee syllabary, the three characters in ᏓᎵᏆ each represent a full syllable, meaning the word is constructed from three distinct blocks of sound rather than a string of letters.
