This year, our tribe lost 60 First Language Speakers

[@McBooplesnoots]

My aunty had studied linguistics and she told me it takes one generation for a language to die out but three to rebuild it. Your pain is felt from the other side of the world.

[@sharonseay3681]

REST IN PEACE 🙏 you are missed.

[@mrssamiporter7070]

We need to all learn more of the language to honor their loss. 60 words or better yet, 70 words...1 for each loss.

[@Purewater-w4p]

🦅🪶🌈Ayohuhisdi🙏🏾🔔🔔🔔🔔🔔🔔🔔🔔🔔🔔🔔🔔🔔🔔🔔🔔🔔🔔🔔🔔🔔🔔🔔🔔🔔🔔🔔🔔🔔🔔🔔🔔🔔🔔🔔🔔🔔🔔🔔🔔🔔🔔🔔🔔🔔🔔🔔🔔🔔🔔🔔🔔🔔🔔🔔🔔🔔🔔🔔🔔🙏🏾+for the Eastern Band Cherokee 🔔🔔🔔🔔🔔🔔🔔🔔🔔🔔prayers sent for those who have crossed over 🌈and for all the family friends and loved ones who will be greatly missing them. I send great respects love and gratitude for our beautiful indigenous Cherokee ppls and I have great hopes that their beautiful language stories and culture will continue on to the young ones and their children and so forth🙏🏾Im not Cherokee however I have learned a handful of words from the wonderful teachers on "Cherokee word of the week" its truly a beautiful language and I am grateful to all those who put their time and efforts together to share that will all ppls🌍everywhere 🙏🏾BLESSINGS to you all 🙏🏾💞

[@wandajones4063]

Long live Cherokees

[@terryschiller2625]

This is sad. Tsalagi need to keep the language alive. It is so uwoduhi. Aleayv trying to learn Tsalagi.

[@jakithomas9558]

❤

[@EmilyFPC]

🖤🌌💛🌄❤️🏞🤍