Getting Started with Cherokee Language Learning

[@caitlyn5045]

i am Cherokee and trying to learn my culture thank you 💛

[@homesteadingsurvival3560]

Caitlyn same here my grandparents was full blooded Cherokee

[@cosplay_corner6628]

Same here

[@garygrice3293]

You are beautiful Caitlyn

[@hachirosenju8509]

I'm Blackfoot and Cherokee

[@Dungeon_Cupcakes]

ME TOO!

[@jeremymcadams7743]

I am non-cherokee but I want to help revitalize this language. I'm only 17 but I am doing my best with limited resources. This video has given me many more to look into.

[@Xyxle410]

​@@narja1948for real

[@masteroogway8642]

@Narja I’m not him but I’m guessing he did good, I actually am a Cherokee but I got like 20% I wanna learn but it’s pretty hard for me

[@uwohiyuhi-achoogi456]

Me to but it belongs to us learn what you can oginali

[@Melungeonpeople]

It belongs to anyone who wants to speak it. Autosomal DNA is proving our history is wrong. We can argue that only rez Indians are Indians but you'll have to argue with science. And this idea that you have to act like an Indian to be an Indian is not applied to any other group. Just remember that we are Indian because a white person said our ancestors were Indians. Lol. So remember to be humble because we need all the support we can get and if others are Cherokee let's accept them

[@uwohiyuhi-achoogi456]

@@Melungeonpeople I can be indian without the culture now, but historically if we accepted you it's because you were a part of the community and pulled your weight and wanted to know and we're respectful of our traditions . But saying that ,if you have the blood and not the culture ur assimilated which alot are . Just can't fathom calling myself indian and not wanting to be around the culture, I'm a mix blood but my bloodline goes passed the trail of tear I still have my clan , so even though I'm fair skinned I'm apart of my tribe in the oldest way but blood didn't make me this way family ties and history does . But if i see a non Cherokee speaking I would think that's kool , sry for rambling

[@twentysecondcenturywoman]

I’m not native, but I am American and I live in north ga where the Cherokee language was spoken and I want to learn this Native American language to keep it alive. I wish the schools in north ga actually taught this language!

[@VideoGrabaciones2010]

Every first nation / native American must listen to this lecture, regardless of their language.

[@twentysecondcenturywoman]

Very true. I agree with this 100%. We need to preserve our Native American languages and not let them be forgotten. These are our original languages!

[@willieclark2256]

I would give anything for lessons one on one with her. You are incredibly inspiring and have such great energy. GV

[@unyieldingcreek1]

I am part Choctaw and 1/4 Cochimí, unfortunately there is no culture or language left within the Cochimí Nation, because of colonization from the Spanish, so I am learning basic conversation in Cherokee as well as learning Choctaw as a second language. Great video!!

[@floram9481]

Thank you so much for this video and live stream. I know this was done a few years ago but obviously, it continues to help people such as myself. My family and I live far away from most speakers, however, my sister and I plan to learn the best we can and also pass it on to our niece and children when we have them. Keep working hard at learning! People have saved and revived languages in the past, we can do it too!

[@mollie7269]

9:03

[@gregorywilson3318]

Thanx! ☯️

[@KaninCotton]

Ah im so glad i found this! Im cherokee and have been wating to learn the language for years. My grandma spoke it fluently but she passed and I was never super dedicated to talking about it with her sadly, and she lived far away

[@Rexag]

Thanks for this presentation... you really don't realize how close we are to losing it completely. We've lost enough as a people...we need to keep it going. I am dedicated to the Cherokee life now and then. I'm 7/16 and not enrolled, but it doesn't make me less of a advocate for preserving our heritage.

[@Masterchief92]

My Grandmother's Father and Mother were both Cherokee Indian. I feel a deep connection to my Indian heritage and want to go deeper into that.

[@josephr.gainey2079]

Program starts at 8:55. 32:59 But, if you learn and use the syllabary from the start, the learner doesn't have to use English as a crutch in the learning process. Sequoyah invented the syllabary as a method to learn to read the language. Ellen Cushman's The Cherokee Syllabary: Writing the People's Perseverance (2011/2013 paperback) makes it perfectly clear that he wanted the Cherokee syllabary to be free of the taint of English. Unfortunately, when it was converted into type and print, that principle wasn't honored.

[@Redfernroses]

If you have resources to help I’d love to get more recourses, I am currently learning as all I know is hello and thank you, I do wanna point out from what I have see.n and heard from others is that many words we need to use today did not exist back then

[@sidneylewischrist]

I enjoyed the speech it made me want to keep on learning thank you very much Cherokee is the language for me

[@slk1451]

Video starts @ 8:56

[@JH-qj3nu]

Thank you, I wish I'd found this video a long time ago!

[@bevie29]

Teach it in the preschool kindergarten 1st -6 grades through video. Send the videos to schools and churches clubs private homes.

[@KimoraVamp]

i am Cherokee on both sides, for my whole life i have always had an interest (neither sides learned the culture/language) so i had no one to teach me. now that i'm older i want to honor my native roots in my writing as well, but that don't change i want to learn

[@philipmercury8721]

Thanks for this learning experience. Hopefully many will learn from it.

[@marissagonzalez3110]

Incredibly well delivered, thank you for sharing

[@SkyeMcCain116]

there should be an app To help learners at home like me i do know a few greeting like ᎣᏏᏲ And colors like ᎽᎦᎨ, ᏌᎪᏂᎨ

[@willieclark2256]

may be a silly question, but where do you get the tsalagi font?

[@AngiHarrover]

If you have windows you can download the Cherokee keyboard, you can also do this on apple iphones and ipads

[@mikeseter5723]

skye McCain Adassligi Utsati Many Blessings Nuwati Osda Good Energy It's Like Spanish The Noun Comes First Take Pictures Of Every Day Life And Learn The WORDS For EVERY DAY THINGS. AND SPEAK THE WORDS. USE EVERY DAY TO LEARN ANOTHER WORD FOR THE THINGS THAT MATTER TO YOU. TELL STORIES ADD A CHEROKEE WORD EVERY TIME YOU TELL THE STORIES UNTIL YOU TELL THEM COMPLETLY IN CHEROKEE. THIS IS HOW MAMMA TOLD US TO TEACH EACH OTHER.. S'qi Wado Osda Sunalie sue nah lay lee Good Morning. Osda Svnoi suh no ee Good Night.

[@Troy_KC-2-PH]

if you are still interested after 2 years ... mango has Cherokee language lessons with audio and everything. Get the mango app.

[@umjustash]

Biracial Boy I was gonna say that lol

[@slk1451]

I would like to thank Wade Blevins for starting my learning journey all those years ago. I’m not fluent at all but a seed was planted when I was young and I’ve come back to wanting to learn. Wado Wade.

[@CheebsCheeby]

Does anyone know of a discord server for learning the language? It would be helpful to practice and learn with speakers. Also, is she from the Overhill dialect area or the Kituhwa dialect?

[@rya5134]

I've been digging in my ancestry and family history, I've done DNA to help, and I've found that Amadohiyi is my ancestor, and I'm currently learning about him and the culture, hoping to learn the language as well.

[@storm1024]

10:37 begin

[@Azathoth4444]

I can't find any translation for this inscription found on a cave in kentucky. Go sv ha ye gi na tso quo do wa v wi tso ma que hna ga

[@yisraelforeman904]

That looks very much like old Celtic, or old Norse Runes.

[@d8rain]

my teacher is fluent i can ask her tomorrow to translate it 😭

[@emersonhousdan5877]

Look at the silabary each sound can be a symbol you just got to work backwards

[@gabecballou5303]

I seek to correct this loss of language starting with myself my partner, and my newborn daughter.

[@1Lightdancer]

Wado - osda I'm enrolled in Ed Fields' FREE online live dideloquasdi (which she mentions - level tali) .... I just returned from a weekend workshop with tali teachers who came out to the nation for an outreach class!! Between 25 & 30 of us attended in Oregon - there's a workshop in Seattle at the end of the month, and Chief Hoskins is coming out in early August. These outreach classes are also FREE! Several of us who met in the class plan to continue connect virtually and continue practicing. My ancestors came out to Oregon in the late 1800s, so I didn't grow up with any exposure = and am just beginning the journey!! I love the phrase from Ed's parents - yu-na-du-li-ha ya-na-de-lo-qua - 'if they want to, they will learn!' (from Ed Fields and Mary Rae's book, journeying into Cherokee.' donadagohvinina

[@thekweenofbling3621]

I WANT TO LEARN BUT HAVE NO TEACHER. IHAVE ALWAYS WANTED TO KNOW MY FAMILY'S LANGUAGE, BUT I NEED A TEACHER. PLEASE HELP ME HELP ME HELP ME HELP ME HELP ME HELP ME HELP ME

[@randyo.bowling1907]

I am Tsilahgi & Chahtah. I don't know my own languages nor our sign between nations.

[@deborahoconnor2073]

@@ . Cherokee Nation I was thrilled to find this video on KZbin I am very interested in learning the Cherokee language. I have the volume turned all the way up on my device but still it is low. Is there anyway that you can correct this? Thank you for taking my question and providing this service.

[@treasureman1198]

My great grandmother died in 1907, boy am I lost. She died when my grandmother was 7. For this I call my granddaughter Cherokee she now 2 years old

[@redthunder7530]

Wow. Wish I found this lady years ago. So much shame in the past about not speaking cherokee properly. Now I am old and it is even harder. Plus I live far from my tribe so no one to speak cherokee with. And well I am enrolled but am light skinned, so even more shame about not looking indian enough, so how dare I aspire to speak my own language! My great grandpa was an official interpreter for the Cherokee Nation and I feel his spirit is trying to encourage me to learn. He was fluent in both Cherokee and English. Just like she said here one doesn't take away from the other. The Cherokee language is magical. I learned prayers and songs in Cherokee in my youth. They are deeply powerful and other people do get uncomfortable sometimes when they hear them. This is a good thing imo.

[@brandydinsmore8214]

Need to research the Cymru (Welsh) language revitalization. Now that it is on Duolingo, and other website learning groups, about 20% of the new learners are in the US and many have no Welsh blood. They are just interested in reviving a language the English nearly obliterated through “boarding schools”. Sound familiar.

[@ch33.tah.]

Does anyone know the word for "cheetah" in Cherokee?

[@StevenOsburnHollywood]

ᏩᏯᏄᎸ ᏪᏌ - cheetah

[@uwohiyuhi-achoogi456]

I believe sahoni means like a wild cat

[@Axqu7227]

I've been spiritually adopted by my buddy's mom, since they're basically a sibling to me. I figure if I'm going to participate in a culture that's not mine, especially since I'm from a colonizer background, I sure as hell better do it right. Trying to learn the language is a small start.

[@RonnieGorotto]

I need to soak with someone who speaks Cherokee about w film project. Anyone know who I can talk to?

[@KamalasFakePolls]

Soak with someone?

[@jessicapleasant7754]

My great grandfather was registered with the Eastern Band Cherokee. I want to keep the language alive and learn fluently. It's sure to be difficult. As I am almost 40 years old. Any advice?

[@baseballjohnson2848]

Never give up. We honor our ancestors speaking their tongue

[@baseballjohnson2848]

God bless you Jessica.

[@treasureman1198]

We were here first, this is the language of the land

[@twentysecondcenturywoman]

Yes. We should make an effort to learn our native, original languages rather than foreign ones.

[@HOLYdEYEver]

I googled teach me cherokee. This is where I landed. HOW DO I LEARN IT. Please.

[@uwohiyuhi-achoogi456]

Cherokee one wade blevens

[@marygaeltabor7456]

Hi! I am currently looking for Cherokee Near/native speakers. Anyone here?

[@justinangel4977]

What was that word you used for dog poop? Dog igvtsi? I’ve looked a long time to find a word for that lol I know the chances of answering me are slim after years but anyone who knows please enlighten me. Wado

[@michaeldickey9428]

My grandpa bob is part Cherokee Indian from Oklahoma

[@mightymite3958]

Nothing is happening in district 6 for language but our councilor is a yoneg

[@Xyxle410]

I'm a Cherokee cuz my grandpa and my mom's dad was. I just wanted to learn how to speak it cuz I just find it interesting.

[@ua2381]

I feel ashamed that I know nothing. My great grandfather was a full blood Cherokee from South Carolina and Virginia. I'm only an eighth but should know at least some. I'd like to learn even though I'm only an eighth Cherokee.

[@raedinarichards3560]

I am native😅 I'm Cherokee and I'm very proud of it and I'm trying to learn my culture

[@jerilynmays578]

I attempted to learn Tsalagi, but as I studied the workbook that I used, had words listed, the word " black" was coupled with " loudmouth ". It seemed to me that the intent was to insult, rather than teach. None the less, after changing my sources my studies continued. I am still trying to learn the language, having someone to converse with would be nice.

[@KamalasFakePolls]

We wuz kangz

[@yoshit9819]

I'm not Cherokee. But I was in Cherokee NC and asked a young person to help me learn a few words. He scoffed and walked off

[@collectionoftheinternets6873]

Love you

[@derrickwhite9625]

😆 what Yoneg thinks

[@simonerusso6920]

Sorry 4 misteiks ingramma

[@simonerusso6920]

I think is very important wat yuo duing love respects sorry the way my hansister treated all the tribes and all yuo pepole i hope yuo finde the way to forgive us and them

[@marileedent8499]

Whsts katamata Mohican mean. My mom get mad and she'd say it. Her mother died when she was 5 years old mother Cherokee

[@Broken5ao]

I want to learn Cherokee language so bad so I can speak with my Cherokee frienda

[@marileedent8499]

Let me know ive always been curious

[@Theseus9-cl7ol]

Cherokee women are hot.

[@jamey7235]

Theseus9 thank you

[@sprachschlampe353]

ᎣᏍᏓᏛ! ᎬᏯᎵᎡᎵᏤᏏ.

[@sidneylewischrist]

I enjoyed the speech it made me want to keep on learning thank you very much Cherokee is the language for me