Cherokee-English Dictionary
Author | : Durbin Feeling |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 390 |
Release | : 1975 |
Genre | : Cherokee language |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : Durbin Feeling |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 390 |
Release | : 1975 |
Genre | : Cherokee language |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Michael Joyner |
Publisher | : Lulu.com |
Total Pages | : 176 |
Release | : 2015 |
Genre | : Education |
ISBN | : 1329788311 |
This dictionary was derived from the raw list of word roots and affixes collected by Dr. Duane King in his 1975 University of Georgia dissertation on the Cherokee language entitled A Grammar and Dictionary of the Cherokee Language of the Qualla Boundary in North Carolina. It includes many words that are not in the Cherokee-English Dictionary or other sources. It is our hope that this dictionary will not only expand and contribute to the preservation and growth of the Eastern dialects of the Cherokee language, but also be a resource that fills in gaps in other resources as it includes many words that are not in the Cherokee-English Dictionary or other sources.
Author | : Truth Seeker |
Publisher | : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2013-01-23 |
Genre | : Cherokee language |
ISBN | : 9781482059649 |
A book of Cherokee words, phrases and a Cherokee /English dictionary.
Author | : Brad Montgomery-Anderson |
Publisher | : University of Oklahoma Press |
Total Pages | : 537 |
Release | : 2015-09-08 |
Genre | : Foreign Language Study |
ISBN | : 0806149337 |
The Cherokees have the oldest and best-known Native American writing system in the United States. Invented by Sequoyah and made public in 1821, it was rapidly adopted, leading to nineteenth-century Cherokee literacy rates as high as 90 percent. This writing system, the Cherokee syllabary, is fully explained and used throughout this volume, the first and only complete published grammar of the Cherokee language. Although the Cherokee Reference Grammar focuses on the dialect spoken by the Cherokees in Oklahoma—the Cherokee Nation and the United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians—it provides the grammatical foundation upon which all the dialects are based. In his introduction, author Brad Montgomery-Anderson offers a brief account of Cherokee history and language revitalization initiatives, as well as instructions for using this grammar. The book then delves into an explanation of Cherokee pronunciation, orthography, parts of speech, and syntax. While the book is intended as a reference grammar for experienced scholars, Montgomery-Anderson presents the information in accessible stages, moving from easier examples to more complex linguistic structures. Examples are taken from a variety of sources, including many from the Cherokee Phoenix. Audio clips of various text examples throughout can be found on the accompanying CDs. The volume also includes three appendices: a glossary keyed to the text; a typescript for the audio component; and a collection of literary texts: two traditional stories and a historical account of a search party traveling up the Arkansas River. The Cherokee Nation, as the second-largest tribe in the United States and the largest in Oklahoma, along with the United Keetoowah Band and the Eastern band of Cherokees, have a large number of people who speak their native language. Like other tribes, they have seen a sharp decline in the number of native speakers, particularly among the young, but they have responded with ambitious programs for preserving and revitalizing Cherokee culture and language. Cherokee Reference Grammar will serve as a vital resource in advancing these efforts to understand Cherokee history, language, and culture on their own terms.
Author | : John C. Rigdon |
Publisher | : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform |
Total Pages | : 238 |
Release | : 2017-03-14 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9781544678016 |
Cherokee is a Southern Iroquoian language now spoken by around 22,500 people in North Carolina, Oklahoma, and Arkansas. In 2005, the Cherokee Preservation Foundation funded a survey whose results indicated that only 460 fluent speakers were then living in Eastern Cherokee communities, with 72 percent of them over the age of 50 and elder speakers dying far more quickly than new speakers were emerging. By 2015 that number was down to 215. The process of revitalizing the language is complex. While it has been spoken for hundreds of years, there is little in written form that can be used for instruction and few people are trained in teaching it. Cherokees are the only Native American People who possess a writing system equivalent to the European alphabet. The Cherokee syllabary is the only alphabet in history attributed to be the work of one man, George Gist, known to the world as Sequoyah. Although he did not speak or read the English language, he understood the power of the written word. At first Sequoyah experimented with a writing system based on logograms, but found this cumbersome and unsuitable for Cherokee. He later developed a syllabary which was originally cursive and hand-written, but it was too difficult and expensive to produce a printed version, so he devised a new version with symbols based on letters from the Latin alphabet and Western numerals. After twelve years of dedicated work, Sequoyah finished the Cherokee syllabary in 1821. He spent the rest of his life teaching his people how to read and spell. By 1820 thousands of Cherokees had learned the syllabary, and by 1830, 90% were literate in their own language. Books, religious texts, almanacs and newspapers were all published using the syllabary, which was widely used for over 100 years. Today the syllabary is still used; efforts are being made to revive both the Cherokee language and Syllabary. Increasing numbers of Cherokee descendants are renewing their ties with their traditions, history and language. With this renewal comes the understanding that their Cherokee heritage must be preserved and passed on to the next generation. Cherokee courses are offered at a number of schools, colleges and universities. This dictionary contains over 5,000 English terms with their Cherokee translation and transliteration. It also includes a Cherokee / English index. We also publish a Spanish / Cherokee Dictionary and an English / Cherokee Phrasebook. Check our website for availability. http: //www.wordsrus.info/chr/index.php
Author | : Ruth Bradley Holmes |
Publisher | : University of Oklahoma Press |
Total Pages | : 356 |
Release | : 1977 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 9780806114637 |
Contains twenty-seven lessons in the Cherokee language, based on the Oklahoma dialect; and includes accompanying exercises, appendices, and alphabetical vocabulary lists.
Author | : William Frawley |
Publisher | : Univ of California Press |
Total Pages | : 466 |
Release | : 2002-10-03 |
Genre | : Foreign Language Study |
ISBN | : 9780520229969 |
A collection of essays about the theory and practice of Native American lexicography, and more specifically the making of dictionaries, by some of the top scholars working in Native American language studies.
Author | : Margaret Bender |
Publisher | : Univ of North Carolina Press |
Total Pages | : 212 |
Release | : 2003-04-03 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 0807860050 |
Based on extensive fieldwork in the community of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians in western North Carolina, this book uses a semiotic approach to investigate the historic and contemporary role of the Sequoyan syllabary--the written system for representing the sounds of the Cherokee language--in Eastern Cherokee life. The Cherokee syllabary was invented in the 1820s by the respected Cherokee Sequoyah. The syllabary quickly replaced alternative writing systems for Cherokee and was reportedly in widespread use by the mid-nineteenth century. After that, literacy in Cherokee declined, except in specialized religious contexts. But as Bender shows, recent interest in cultural revitalization among the Cherokees has increased the use of the syllabary in education, publications, and even signage. Bender also explores the role played by the syllabary within the ever more important context of tourism. (The Eastern Cherokee Band hosts millions of visitors each year in the Great Smoky Mountains.) English is the predominant language used in the Cherokee community, but Bender shows how the syllabary is used in special and subtle ways that help to shape a shared cultural and linguistic identity among the Cherokees. Signs of Cherokee Culture thus makes an important contribution to the ethnographic literature on culturally specific literacies.
Author | : John Clinton Rigdon |
Publisher | : Independently Published |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2023-03-26 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : |
A LOT has happened with the Cherokee language since we published the First Edition of this book 5 years ago. This NEW 2nd edition has 30% more pages and hundreds of new terms and phrases than the 1st edition. Cherokee is a Southern Iroquoian language now spoken by around 22,500 people in North Carolina, Oklahoma, and Arkansas. In 2005, the Cherokee Preservation Foundation funded a survey whose results indicated that only 460 fluent speakers were then living in Eastern Cherokee communities, with 72 percent of them over the age of 50 and elder speakers dying far more quickly than new speakers were emerging. By 2015 that number was down to 215. The process of revitalizing the language is complex. While it has been spoken for hundreds of years, there is little in written form that can be used for instruction and few people are trained in teaching it. Cherokees are the only Native American People who possess a writing system equivalent to the European alphabet. The Cherokee syllabary is the only alphabet in history attributed to be the work of one man, George Gist, known to the world as Sequoyah. Although he did not speak or read the English language, he understood the power of the written word. After twelve years of dedicated work, Sequoyah finished the Cherokee syllabary in 1821. He spent the rest of his life teaching his people how to read and spell. By 1820 thousands of Cherokees had learned the syllabary, and by 1830, 90% were literate in their own language. Books, religious texts, almanacs and newspapers were all published using the syllabary, which was widely used for over 100 years. Today the syllabary is still used. Efforts are being made to revive both the Cherokee language and Syllabary. This phrasebook contains over 3,500 terms and phrases in English and Cherokee with their Cherokee transliteration and pronunciation. We also publish several other Cherokee resources including a Cherokee / English Dictionary and a Spanish / Cherokee Dictionary. Check our website for availability. http: //www.wordsrus.info/chr/index.php
Author | : Mary Ulmer Chiltoskey |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 66 |
Release | : 1972 |
Genre | : Cherokee language |
ISBN | : |
A list of English words and phrases with their Cherokee counterparts written in the Cherokee syllabary and accompanied by phonetic pronunciation.