![]() Note that for Cherokee, as for English, symbols are written left to right. The "I" row (third from the left.) Except for "s" ( ), every Cherokee syllable begins withĪ consonant and ends with a vowel (some have a "silent i," but you don't need to worry about that yet,) so it's very easy to So if you're looking for the Cherokee symbol for "li," you go down the chart to the "L" row (fourth from the top) and across to ![]() Here is a picture of the Cherokee syllabary chart : Using the Cherokee syllabary, the same word is written with only two characters,įor this reason, Cherokee symbols are usually arranged in chart form, with one column for each Cherokee vowel and one row forĮach Cherokee consonant. So using the English alphabet, the Cherokee word ama ("water") is written with three ![]() That means each Cherokee symbol representsĪ syllable, not just a consonant or a vowel. Writing in Cherokee symbols if you've never heard of a syllabary before We get a lot of confused email asking how to use the Cherokee alphabet, so here is a tutorial that should hopefullyĬlear things up for beginning Cherokee language learners.įirst, the Cherokee alphabet is technically not an alphabet at all, but a syllabary. ![]()
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