Cherokee (Cherokee: ᏣᎳᎩ ᎦᏬᏂᎯᏍᏗ Tsalagi Gawonihisdi) is the Native American Iroquoian leid[10] spoken bi the Cherokee fowk.[5][6][7]

Cherokee
ᏣᎳᎩ ᎦᏬᏂᎯᏍᏗ
Tsalagi Gawonihisdi
Tsa-la-gi written in the Cherokee syllabary
Pronunciation[dʒalaˈɡî ɡawónihisˈdî]
(Oklahoma dialect)
Native taeUnitit States
Regioneast Oklahoma; Great Smokey Moontains[1] an Qualla Boondary in North Carolina[2] Also in Arkansas.[3]
EthnicityCherokee
Native speakers
11,000–13,500 (2006–2008)[4]
Cherokee syllabary, Laitin script
Offeecial status
Offeecial leid in
Eastren Baund o Cherokee Indians in North Carolina
Cherokee Naition[5][6][7][8]
o Oklahoma
Regulatit biUnitit Keetoowah Baund Depairtment o Leid, History, & Cultur[6][7]
Council of the Cherokee Nation
Leid codes
ISO 639-2chr
ISO 639-3chr
Glottologcher1273[9]
Linguasphere63-AB
Pre-contact Distribution o the Cherokee Leid
Current geografic distribution o the Cherokee leid
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References eedit

  1. Neely, Sharlotte (15 Mairch 2011). Snowbird Cherokees: People of Persistence. The New World of Harmony: University of Georgia Press. pp. 147–148. Retrieved 22 Mey 2014.
  2. Frey, Ben (2005). "A Look at the Cherokee Language" (PDF). Tar Heel Junior Historian. North Carolina Museum of History. Archived frae the original (PDF) on 9 August 2018. Retrieved 22 Mey 2014.
  3. "Cherokee". Endangered Languages Project. Retrieved 9 Apryle 2014.
  4. "Table 1. Detailed Languages Spoken at Home and Ability to Speak English for the Population 5 Years and Over for the United States: 2006–2008 : Release Date: April, 2010" (XLS). Census.gov. Retrieved 18 Januar 2015.
  5. a b "The Cherokee Nation & its Language" (PDF). University of Minnesota: Center for Advanced Research on Language Acquisition. 2008. Retrieved 22 Mey 2014.[deid airtin]
  6. a b c "Keetoowah Cherokee is the Official Language of the UKB" (PDF). keetoowahcherokee.org/. Keetoowah Cherokee News: Official Publication of the United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians in Oklahoma. Apryle 2009. Archived frae the original (PDF) on 15 Julie 2014. Retrieved 1 Juin 2014.
  7. a b c "Language & Culture". keetoowahcherokee.org/. United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians. Archived frae the original on 25 Apryle 2014. Retrieved 1 Juin 2014.
  8. "UKB Constitution and By-Laws in the Keetoowah Cherokee Language (PDF)" (PDF). www.keetoowahcherokee.org/. United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians. Archived frae the original (PDF) on 1 Februar 2016. Retrieved 2 Juin 2014.
  9. Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Cherokee". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.
  10. "Cherokee: A Language of the United States". Ethnologue: Languages of the World. SIL International. 2013. Retrieved 22 Mey 2014.