Cherokee
ᏣᎳᎩ ᎦᏬᏂᎯᏍᏗ
Tsalagi Gawonihisdi
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Tsa-la-gi written in the Cherokee syllabary
Pronounce (Oklahoma dialect) [dʒalaˈɡî ɡawónihisˈdî]
Country North America
Region east Oklahoma; Great Smoky Mountains and Qualla Boundary in North Carolina Also in Arkansas. and Cherokee community in California.
Ethnicity Cherokee
Speakers
1520 to ~2100 (2018 and 2019)
Family
Iroquoian
  • Southern Iroquoian
    • Cherokee
Writing
Cherokee syllabary, Latin script
AreaEast and northeast Oklahoma and Cherokee Reservation, Great Smokey Mountains, western North Carolina.
Language Sites
ISO 639-2 chr
ISO 639-3 chr
Glottolog cher1273
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Pre-contact Distribution of the Cherokee Language
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Current geographic distribution of the Cherokee language
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