- Collection:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Title:
- Cherokee Syllabary
- Date of Original:
- 1821
- Subject:
- Alphabets
Cherokee Indians--Georgia
Cherokee language--Georgia
Cherokee language--Pronunciation - People:
- Sequoyah, 1770?-1843
- Location:
- United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018
- Medium:
- black-and-white photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Sequoyah invented a system of eighty-four to eighty-six characters that represented syllables in spoken Cherokee. Completed in 1821, the syllabary was rapidly adopted by a large number of Cherokees.
Image of a Cherokee syllabary. The title reads "Cherokee alphabet," and the letters with corresponding sounds are listed below. Sequoyah invented a system of eighty-four to eighty-six characters that represented syllables in spoken Cherokee. Completed in 1821, the syllabary was rapidly adopted by a large number of Cherokees. - Metadata URL:
- https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/sequoyah-ca-1770-ca-1840/m-831/
- Rights Holder:
- Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, University of Georgia Libraries
- Additional Rights Information:
- Courtesy of Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, University of Georgia Libraries
- Original Collection:
- Georgia Photo File, Neg. 261, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, University of Georgia Libraries, Athens, GA
http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/sequoyah-ca-1770-ca-1840
Forms part of: New Georgia Encyclopedia - Holding Institution:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project)
- Rights:
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