ᏣᎳᎩ ᎦᏬᏂᎯᏍᏗ
ᏣᎳᎩ ᎦᏬᏂᎯᏍᏗ (tsalagi gawonihisdi) is how to say 'the Cherokee language' in Cherokee.
This phrase is the standard way to say 'the Cherokee language' in Cherokee.
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- The script used to write ᏣᎳᎩ ᎦᏬᏂᎯᏍᏗ was created by a man named Sequoyah who could not read or write in any language. He developed the syllabary independently to give his people a way to communicate in writing.
- Cherokee belongs to the Iroquoian language family, making it a distant relative of languages spoken in Canada and New York, rather than the languages of nearby tribes in the Southeast.
- Cherokee is a polysynthetic language, meaning a single word can often express an entire sentence in English by adding various prefixes and suffixes.
