Oscar De La Huerte answered
There is no symbol for the word 'family' as far as Cherokee language is concerned.
The Cherokee Indians would have used a syllable-based language to communicate, and the word for family in that language would be: ᏏᏓᏁᎸᎯ.
How do you say 'family' in Cherokee?
The word 'family' is written as ᏏᏓᏁᎸᎯ in Cherokee, and is pronounced she-dah-nay-luh'-he. The actual symbols are called Si-da-ne-lv-hi individually.
The Cherokee language is a fascinating and mysterious combination of syllables and symbols that didn't come into use until the 1800s.
What is the Cherokee language?
Cherokee Indians and their language are descended from a separate tribe known as Muscogee.
In fact the word 'Cherokee' is a Muscogee word (although it is pronounced Tsalagi).
As far as how the Cherokees communicated, they didn't use picture-symbols like some other Native American people did - instead, their language and alphabet was created by a silversmith called Sequoyah (also known as Geogre Gist).
He was responsible for creating the Cherokee concept of 'syllabary'- where syllables are represented by individual symbols.
To learn more about Cherokee language, I'd suggest paying a visit to the official site of the Cherokee nation, which also has a useful translation dictionary.
The Cherokee Indians would have used a syllable-based language to communicate, and the word for family in that language would be: ᏏᏓᏁᎸᎯ.
How do you say 'family' in Cherokee?
The word 'family' is written as ᏏᏓᏁᎸᎯ in Cherokee, and is pronounced she-dah-nay-luh'-he. The actual symbols are called Si-da-ne-lv-hi individually.
The Cherokee language is a fascinating and mysterious combination of syllables and symbols that didn't come into use until the 1800s.
What is the Cherokee language?
Cherokee Indians and their language are descended from a separate tribe known as Muscogee.
In fact the word 'Cherokee' is a Muscogee word (although it is pronounced Tsalagi).
As far as how the Cherokees communicated, they didn't use picture-symbols like some other Native American people did - instead, their language and alphabet was created by a silversmith called Sequoyah (also known as Geogre Gist).
He was responsible for creating the Cherokee concept of 'syllabary'- where syllables are represented by individual symbols.
To learn more about Cherokee language, I'd suggest paying a visit to the official site of the Cherokee nation, which also has a useful translation dictionary.
