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CHEROKEE ALPHABET.
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CHEROKEE ALPHABET.

CHARACTERS AS ARRANGED BY THE INVENTOR.

(Symbol missinglanguage characters)

Ꭱ Ꭰ Ꮃ Ꮵ Ꮹ Ꮽ Ꮺ Ꮅ Ꮑ Ꮌ Ꭹ Ᏹ Ꮟ Ꮲ Ꭳ Ꮇ Ꮄ Ꭽ Ꮼ Ꮰ
Ꮤ Ᏼ Ꮈ Ꭿ Ꮝ Ᏺ Ꮁ Ꭺ Ꮷ Ꮍ Ꮞ Ꮠ Ꮯ Ꮘ Ꮗ Ꮜ Ꮖ Ꮓ Ꭷ Ꮸ
Ꮢ Ꮒ Ꭶ Ꮩ Ꭸ Ꮣ Ꭼ Ꮻ Ꭲ Ꭴ Ᏸ Ꮂ Ꮫ Ꭻ Ꮶ Ꮙ Ꮈ Ꮎ Ꮆ Ᏻ
Ꮴ Ꮧ Ꮾ Ꮪ Ꮥ Ꮳ Ꭵ Ꮕ Ꮦ Ꮉ Ꮡ Ꮱ Ꭾ Ꮀ Ꮋ Ꮭ Ꮿ Ꮹ Ꮨ Ꮮ
Ꮏ Ꮗ Ꮬ Ꮊ Ꮛ

CHARACTERS SYSTEMATICALLY ARRANGED WITH THE SOUNDS.

Ꭰ a Ꭱ e Ꭲ i Ꭳ o Ꭴ u Ꭵ v
Ꭶ ga Ꭷ ka Ꭸ ge (Symbol missinglanguage characters) gi (Symbol missinglanguage characters) gu (Symbol missinglanguage characters) gv
Ꭽ ha Ꭾ he Ꭿ hi Ꮀ ho Ꮁ hu Ꮂ hv
(Symbol missinglanguage characters) le Ꮅ li (Symbol missinglanguage characters) lo (Symbol missinglanguage characters) lu (Symbol missinglanguage characters) lv
(Symbol missinglanguage characters) me (Symbol missinglanguage characters) mi (Symbol missinglanguage characters) mo (Symbol missinglanguage characters) mu
(Symbol missinglanguage characters) hna (Symbol missinglanguage characters) nah (Symbol missinglanguage characters) ne (Symbol missinglanguage characters) ni (Symbol missinglanguage characters) no (Symbol missinglanguage characters) nu (Symbol missinglanguage characters) nv
(Symbol missinglanguage characters) que (Symbol missinglanguage characters) qui (Symbol missinglanguage characters) quo (Symbol missinglanguage characters) quu (Symbol missinglanguage characters) quv
(Symbol missinglanguage characters) sa (Symbol missinglanguage characters) se (Symbol missinglanguage characters) si (Symbol missinglanguage characters) so (Symbol missinglanguage characters) su (Symbol missinglanguage characters) sv
(Symbol missinglanguage characters) ta (Symbol missinglanguage characters) de (Symbol missinglanguage characters) (Symbol missinglanguage characters) te |(Symbol missinglanguage characters) di (Symbol missinglanguage characters) do (Symbol missinglanguage characters) du (Symbol missinglanguage characters) dv
(Symbol missinglanguage characters) tla (Symbol missinglanguage characters) tle (Symbol missinglanguage characters) tli (Symbol missinglanguage characters) tlo (Symbol missinglanguage characters) tlu (Symbol missinglanguage characters) tlv
(Symbol missinglanguage characters) tse (Symbol missinglanguage characters) tsi (Symbol missinglanguage characters) tso (Symbol missinglanguage characters) tsu (Symbol missinglanguage characters) tsv
Ꮺ we (Symbol missinglanguage characters) wi (Symbol missinglanguage characters) wo Ꮽ wu (Symbol missinglanguage characters) wv
(Symbol missinglanguage characters) ye (Symbol missinglanguage characters) yi (Symbol missinglanguage characters) yo (Symbol missinglanguage characters) yu (Symbol missinglanguage characters) yv

SOUNDS REPRESENTED BY VOWELS.

a as a in father, or short as a in rival, e as a in hate, or short as e in met, i as i in pique, or short as i in pit, o as aw in law, or short as o in not, u as oo in fool, or short as u in pull, v as u in but, nasalized.

CONSONANT SOUNDS. g nearly as in English, but approaching to k; d nearly as in English, but approaching to; h, k, l, m, n, q, s, t, w, y, as in English,

Syallables beginning with g, except Ꭶ, have sometimes the power of k; Ꮩ, s, Ꮫ sometimes sounded to, tu, tv ; and syllables written with tl, except Ꮭ, sometimes vary to dl.

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