Cherokee syllabary

He is known for creating the Cherokee syllabary circa 1820.

It was named after Sequoyah, who created the Cherokee syllabary.

Worcester had new type created and cast for the new forms of the Cherokee syllabary.

There also appears to be a connection between an early form of written Bassa and the earlier Cherokee syllabary.

Tuchscherer and Hair (2002) have presented evidence that exposure to the Cherokee syllabary was part of the process.

His oil painting of the great Sequoyah, who invented the Cherokee syllabary, is located there as well.

For a time it was the home of Sequoyah, who invented the Cherokee syllabary, enabling reading and writing in the language.

Latin letters served as the basis for the forms of the Cherokee syllabary developed by Sequoyah; however, the sound values are completely different.

They translated the Bible into Cherokee syllabary.

It was the birthplace of Sequoyah, creator of the written Cherokee syllabary.

In 1821 he completed his independent creation of a Cherokee syllabary, making reading and writing in Cherokee possible.

He created the type for the Cherokee syllabary for their first newspaper, the Cherokee Phoenix.

Named after Sequoyah who invented the Cherokee syllabary, it is the third oldest "children's choice" award in the United States.

Main article: Cherokee syllabary Around 1809, Sequoyah began work to create a system of writing for the Cherokee language.

Similarly, in some Cherokee speaking communities, street signs and other public signage is written with the Cherokee syllabary (Bender 2008).

In 1821, he introduced Cherokee syllabary, the first written syllabic form of an American Indian language outside of Central America.

The newspaper was printed in English and Cherokee, using the Cherokee syllabary developed in 1821 by Sequoyah.

In recent years evidence has emerged suggesting that the Cherokee syllabary provided a model for the design of the Vai script in Liberia, Africa.

The newspaper has operated nearly continuously since 1828, publishing editions in both English and the Cherokee syllabary (also known as the Sequoyah syllabary).

Shade was a fullblood Cherokee and a sixth-generation descendant of Sequoyah, the inventor of the Cherokee syllabary.

Recent examples are the Cherokee syllabary, invented by Sequoyah, and the Pahawh Hmong system for writing the Hmong language.

The award is named after the Cherokee man, Sequoyah, who developed the Cherokee syllabary and lived for a time in eastern Oklahoma, near Sallisaw.

To continue the heritage of the Cherokee in the town, several signs for streets and buildings are written in both Cherokee syllabary and English (see image below).

The General Council of the Cherokee Nation established a newspaper, in collaboration with Samuel Worcester, a missionary, who cast the type for the Cherokee syllabary.

Sequoyah, named for the inventor of the Cherokee syllabary, was a bid for statehood by Indian Territory, which comprised the eastern half of present-day Oklahoma.