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SYMBOLS
Wild Potatoes,
Bird, Long Hair, Blue, Paint, Deer and
Wolf.
The symbol CHEROKEE LANGUAGE The
Cherokee and Iroquoian languages evolved from the same mother tongue. The
Cherokee language developed into three dialects. The Eastern dialect, "Elati"
is now extinct. The Middle dialect, "Kituhwa" is used in Western North
Carolina. The Western dialect, "Atali" is used in Oklahoma.
However, among the Cherokees, a man by the name of Sequoyah had a dream of
making a "talking leaf" like that of the white man. Sequoyah whose
English name was George Guess, was an illiterate, but out of his personal genius
and determination he created a Cherokee alphabet or Syllabary and endowed his
entire tribe with a written language. Today the Cherokee language has given away to the more practical and necessary use of English. Some of the Elders still prefer to speak in their native tongue. As the Elders die there is a real danger of the language being lost. Efforts are being made to teach the young and keep it alive.
In the next few weeks, I will be adding lodging, food, games and more of the culture, please come back. Graphics By:
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