Cherokeelanguage
The Cherokee language is an Iroquoian language spoken by the Cherokee people, primarily in Oklahoma and North Carolina. It is one of the two Iroquoian languages still spoken today, the other being Mohawk. The language is also sometimes referred to as Tsalagi Gawu or the Cherokee people as Tsalagi.
Cherokee has three main dialects: the Middle dialect, spoken by the majority of Cherokee speakers in Oklahoma;
The language uses a unique writing system developed by Sequoyah in the early 1820s. Known as the
Cherokee is a polysynthetic language, meaning words are typically formed by combining multiple morphemes. The language
Today, Cherokee faces significant endangerment with fewer than 2,000 fluent speakers remaining. Most speakers are elderly,
Efforts continue to maintain Cherokee as a living language through community programs, cultural events, and educational