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Number of speakers Cherokee is classified as Critically Endangered by UNESCO's Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger. Cherokee or Tsalagi (Cherokee: ᏣᎳᎩ ᎦᏬᏂᎯᏍᏗ, romanized: Tsalagi Gawonihisdi, IPA: [dʒalaˈɡî ɡawónihisˈdî]) is an endangered-to-moribund [a] Iroquoian language [4] and the native language of the Cherokee people.
Cherokee is a polysynthetic verb-heavy nominative–accusative language [citation needed] with a non-productive incorporation system. Verbs may be inflected with a large number of suffixes and prefixes that express a range of properties, including subject and/or object agreement, tense and aspect, and evidentiality.
Pre-contact Distribution of the Cherokee Language. The Cherokee language is the indigenous American Iroquoian language native to the Cherokee people. In 2019, the Tri-Council of Cherokee tribes declared a state of emergency for the language due to the threat of it going extinct, calling for the enhancement of revitalization programs.
The Random House Dictionary of the English Language [RHD], 2nd ed. (unabridged). New York: Random House. Siebert, Frank T. (1975). "Resurrecting Virginia Algonquian from the Dead: The Reconstituted and Historical Phonology of Powhatan". In Studies in Southeastern Indian Languages, ed. James M. Crawford, pp. 285–453. Athens: University of ...
The Cherokee Nation and Middle-earth are converging in a powerful new project that will give the language of the largest tribe in the United States a new global platform.. For more than a year ...
When the red Indian sun Bids his goodbye; Mother sees Cherokee's sleeptime's nigh, When the fast fading day leaves a gray sky, Twilight comes, then she hums this lullaby; Dream on, mother is holding you, Ah yah*, ah yah; Dream on, night is enfolding you, Ah yah, ah yah; Some fair silver canoe Carries you through into Dreamland, Over a blue lagoon
The 2023 Cherokee General and Run-Off elections took place on June 3 and July 8, respectively, and on Monday, Aug. 14, Hoskin will be sworn in as ... Cherokee Nation Tribal Council bids 4 ...
The Cherokee language classes offered through Haskell Indian Nations University, Northeastern State University, [8] the University of Oklahoma, the University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma, Western Carolina University, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and the immersion elementary schools offered by the Cherokee Nation and the ...