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  2. Cherokee syllabary - Wikipedia

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    The Cherokee syllabary is a syllabary invented by Sequoyah in the late 1810s and early 1820s to write the Cherokee language. His creation of the syllabary is particularly noteworthy as he was illiterate until its creation. [ 3 ]

  3. Sequoyah - Wikipedia

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    Sequoyah (/ s ə ˈ k w ɔɪ ə / sə-QUOY-yə; Cherokee: ᏍᏏᏉᏯ, Ssiquoya, [a] or ᏎᏉᏯ, Sequoya, [b] pronounced; c. 1770 – August 1843), also known as George Gist or George Guess, was a Native American polymath and neographer of the Cherokee Nation.

  4. Cherokee language - Wikipedia

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    The Cherokee syllabary is a set of written symbols invented by Sequoyah in the late 1810s and early 1820s to write the Cherokee language. His creation of the syllabary is particularly noteworthy in that he could not previously read any script.

  5. History of the Cherokee language - Wikipedia

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    The Cherokee syllabary is a syllabary invented by Sequoyah in the late 1810s and early 1820s to write the Cherokee language. His creation of the syllabary is particularly noteworthy in that he could not previously read any script.

  6. Cherokee - Wikipedia

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    The Cherokee (/ ˈ tʃ ɛr ə k iː, ˌ tʃ ... The Cherokee speak a Southern Iroquoian language, which is polysynthetic and is written in a syllabary invented by ...

  7. Nathaniel Gist - Wikipedia

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    Nathaniel Gist (15 October 1733 – 1812) was born in Maryland and fought during the French and Indian War and the American Revolutionary War.He was reputed by Wurteh Watts to be the father of Sequoyah, the famous Cherokee.

  8. List of creators of writing systems - Wikipedia

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    Sequoyah, Cherokee silversmith, invented Cherokee syllabary c. 1819. Seth, son of Adam, is mentioned in the Chronicle of Malalas as being the "first to invent Hebrew script and to write with it" [1] Sheikh Abdurahman Sheikh Nuur - Somali, invented Borama script c. 1933. Srinivasa Chakravarthy - Indian researcher, led the creation of the Bharati ...

  9. Alphabet - Wikipedia

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    An alphabet is a standard set of letters written to represent ... The first letters were invented in Ancient Egypt to serve as an aid in ... Cherokee [S] Hanja [L ...