Cherokee language

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Iroquoian language Native American language agglutinative language indigenous language polysynthetic language

The Cherokee language is an indigenous Iroquoian language of the Cherokee people, notable for its unique syllabary writing system developed by Sequoyah in the early 19th century.

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All labels observed (6)

Label Occurrences
Cherokee language canonical 29
Cherokee 12
Cherokee (contact, not family) 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Iroquoian language ⓘ
Native American language ⓘ
agglutinative language ⓘ
indigenous language ⓘ
polysynthetic language ⓘ
creatorOfWritingSystem Sequoyah ⓘ
directionOfWriting left-to-right ⓘ
endangermentStatus definitely endangered (various assessments) ⓘ
ethnicGroup Cherokee ⓘ
surface form: Cherokee people
family Iroquoian languages ⓘ
hasApproximateSpeakers several thousand fluent speakers ⓘ
hasDialect Cherokee language self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Lower (Eastern) Cherokee

Cherokee language self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Middle (Kituwah) Cherokee

Cherokee ⓘ
surface form: Overhill (Western) Cherokee
hasDigitalSupport Unicode ⓘ
hasISO639-1Code chr ⓘ
hasISO639-2Code chr ⓘ
hasISO639-3Code chr ⓘ
hasMorphology complex verb morphology ⓘ
hasNumberOfTones 6 (in some dialects) ⓘ
hasPhonologicalType tone language ⓘ
hasRevitalizationEfforts immersion schools ⓘ
language programs in Cherokee communities ⓘ
hasWordOrder flexible word order ⓘ
namedAfter Cherokee ⓘ
surface form: Cherokee people
nativeTo Arkansas ⓘ
surface form: Arkansas (historically)

North Carolina ⓘ
Oklahoma ⓘ
Southern United States ⓘ
surface form: Southeastern United States

United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
officialStatusIn Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma ⓘ
surface form: Cherokee Nation

Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians ⓘ
United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians ⓘ
primaryCountry United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
recognizedBy United States (as a Native American language) ⓘ
regionOfEasternDialect North Carolina ⓘ
regionOfWesternDialect Oklahoma ⓘ
subfamily Iroquoian languages ⓘ
surface form: Southern Iroquoian
syllabaryCreationPeriod early 19th century ⓘ
syllabaryDevelopedBy Sequoyah ⓘ
UnicodeBlock Cherokee language self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Cherokee

Cherokee Supplement ⓘ
usedIn Cherokee literature ⓘ
Cherokee media and signage ⓘ
Cherokee religious practices ⓘ
usesScript Cherokee syllabary ⓘ
writingSystem Cherokee syllabary ⓘ
Latin script (for some modern uses) ⓘ

Referenced by (45)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Hancock (Cherokee leader) → language → Cherokee language ⓘ
Cherokee Nation (historical) → language → Cherokee language ⓘ
Creek (Muscogee) Nation → isRelatedLinguisticallyTo → Cherokee language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cherokee (contact, not family)
Oologah, Indian Territory, United States → languageOfToponymOrigin → Cherokee language ⓘ
Iroquoian languages → includesLanguage → Cherokee language ⓘ
Iroquoian languages → hasMember → Cherokee language ⓘ
Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma → languageUsed → Cherokee language ⓘ
subject surface form: Cherokee Nation
Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians → preservesLanguage → Cherokee language ⓘ
Tahlequah → officialLanguage → Cherokee language ⓘ
Cherokee language → hasDialect → Cherokee language self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Middle (Kituwah) Cherokee
Cherokee language → hasDialect → Cherokee language self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lower (Eastern) Cherokee
Cherokee language → UnicodeBlock → Cherokee language self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cherokee
Hiwassee River → hasNameOrigin → Cherokee language ⓘ
Cherokee, North Carolina → hasRecognizedLanguage → Cherokee language ⓘ
Currahee → language → Cherokee language ⓘ
New Echota → hasLanguage → Cherokee language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cherokee
Cherokee Constitution of 1827 → language → Cherokee language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cherokee
John Ross → languageSpoken → Cherokee language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cherokee
Major Ridge → nativeLanguage → Cherokee language ⓘ
Cherokee syllabary → usedFor → Cherokee language ⓘ
Cherokee syllabary → unicodeBlock → Cherokee language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cherokee
Cherokee syllabary → notablePublicationLanguage → Cherokee language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cherokee
Principal Chief John Ross → languageSpoken → Cherokee language ⓘ
subject surface form: John Ross
this entity surface form: Cherokee
Samuel A. Worcester → languageWork → Cherokee language ⓘ
John Ridge → languageSpoken → Cherokee language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cherokee
Unicode 3.0 → addsScripts → Cherokee language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cherokee
Unicode 3.0 → addsBlocks → Cherokee language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cherokee
Cherokee → language → Cherokee language ⓘ
William Charles Rogers → languageSpoken → Cherokee language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cherokee
Tahlequah, Oklahoma → hasMinorityLanguage → Cherokee language ⓘ
Tahlequah, Oklahoma → officialLanguageInGovernment → Cherokee language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cherokee language (Cherokee Nation government)
Cherokee Nation Courts → mayUseLanguage → Cherokee language ⓘ
Qualla Boundary → primaryLanguageHistorically → Cherokee language ⓘ
Tribal Council → mayUseLanguage → Cherokee language ⓘ
subject surface form: Tribal Council (Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians)
United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians → languageUsed → Cherokee language ⓘ
Cherokee Immersion Charter School → primaryLanguageOfInstruction → Cherokee language ⓘ
Cherokee Immersion Charter School → curriculumMedium → Cherokee language ⓘ
Tsa-La-Gi Ancient Village → languageOfName → Cherokee language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cherokee
North American language family → includes → Cherokee language ⓘ
Cherokee National Prison Museum → languageOfExhibition → Cherokee language ⓘ
Cherokee Nation reservation (modern jurisdictional area) → officialLanguage → Cherokee language ⓘ
Cherokee County, Oklahoma → hasRecognizedLanguage → Cherokee language ⓘ
American Indian languages → includeLanguage → Cherokee language ⓘ
Nantahala National Forest → languageOfName → Cherokee language ⓘ
Chickamauga Creek → hasNameEtymology → Cherokee language ⓘ