Cherokee language

The Cherokee speak an Iroquoian language, which is written in a syllabary invented by Sequoyah (a.k.a. George Guess). He had seen English writing, but misunderstood how it worked; thus, each symbol represents a syllable rather than a single sound, and while some symbols resemble Latin alphabet letters, the sounds are completely different (the form of the letter for "a" resembles Latin D, for example).

It has many more letters than a typical alphabet, so they are more similar to each other.

Unicode Cherokee syllabary

Cherokee	English	Cherokee	English	Cherokee	English	Cherokee	English
Ꭰ	A	Ꮆ	LO	Ꮜ	SA	Ꮲ	TLV
Ꭱ	E	Ꮇ	LU	Ꮝ	S	Ꮳ	TSA
Ꭲ	I	Ꮈ	LV	Ꮞ	SE	Ꮴ	TSE
Ꭳ	O	Ꮉ	MA	Ꮟ	SI	Ꮵ	TSI
Ꭴ	U	Ꮊ	ME	Ꮠ	SO	Ꮶ	TSO
Ꭵ	V	Ꮋ	MI	Ꮡ	SU	Ꮷ	TSU
Ꭶ	GA	Ꮌ	MO	Ꮢ	SV	Ꮸ	TSV
Ꭷ	KA	Ꮍ	MU	Ꮣ	DA	Ꮹ	WA
Ꭸ	GE	Ꮎ	NA	Ꮤ	TA	Ꮺ	WE
Ꭹ	GI	Ꮏ	HNA	Ꮥ	DE	Ꮻ	WI
Ꭺ	GO	Ꮐ	NAH	Ꮦ	TE	Ꮼ	WO
Ꭻ	GU	Ꮑ	NE	Ꮧ	DI	Ꮽ	WU
Ꭼ	GV	Ꮒ	NI	Ꮨ	TI	Ꮾ	WV
Ꭽ	HA	Ꮓ	NO	Ꮩ	DO	Ꮿ	YA
Ꭾ	HE	Ꮔ	NU	Ꮪ	DU	Ᏸ	YE
Ꭿ	HI	Ꮕ	NV	Ꮫ	DV	Ᏹ	YI
Ꮀ	HO	Ꮖ	QUA	Ꮬ	DLA	Ᏺ	YO
Ꮁ	HU	Ꮗ	QUE	Ꮭ	TLA	Ᏻ	YU
Ꮂ	HV	Ꮘ	QUI	Ꮮ	TLE	Ᏼ	YV
Ꮃ	LA	Ꮙ	QUO	Ꮯ	TLI
Ꮄ	LE	Ꮚ	QUU	Ꮰ	TLO
Ꮅ	LI	Ꮛ	QUV	Ꮱ	TLU

External links

• The alphabet in pictures