Cherokee language

E123735

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.

All labels observed (9)

How this entity was disambiguated

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 people ⓘ
linked to: Cherokee
family Iroquoian languages ⓘ
hasApproximateSpeakers several thousand fluent speakers ⓘ
hasDialect Lower (Eastern) Cherokee ⓘ
linked to: Cherokee language

Middle (Kituwah) Cherokee ⓘ
linked to: Cherokee language

Overhill (Western) Cherokee ⓘ
linked to: 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 people ⓘ
linked to: Cherokee
nativeTo Arkansas (historically) ⓘ
linked to: Arkansas

North Carolina ⓘ
Oklahoma ⓘ
Southeastern United States ⓘ
United States ⓘ
officialStatusIn Cherokee Nation ⓘ
Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians ⓘ
United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians ⓘ
primaryCountry United States ⓘ
recognizedBy United States (as a Native American language) ⓘ
regionOfEasternDialect North Carolina ⓘ
regionOfWesternDialect Oklahoma ⓘ
subfamily Southern Iroquoian ⓘ
linked to: Iroquoian languages
syllabaryCreationPeriod early 19th century ⓘ
syllabaryDevelopedBy Sequoyah ⓘ
UnicodeBlock Cherokee ⓘ
linked to: Cherokee language

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

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (72)

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 (contact, not family) ⓘ
linked to: Cherokee language
Iroquoian languages → includesLanguage → Cherokee language ⓘ
Iroquoian languages → hasMember → Cherokee language ⓘ
Cherokee Nation → languageUsed → Cherokee language ⓘ
subject linked to: Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma
Tahlequah → officialLanguage → Cherokee language ⓘ
Cherokee language → hasDialect → Middle (Kituwah) Cherokee ⓘ
linked to: Cherokee language
Cherokee language → hasDialect → Lower (Eastern) Cherokee ⓘ
linked to: Cherokee language
Cherokee language → UnicodeBlock → Cherokee ⓘ
linked to: Cherokee language
Hiwassee River → hasNameOrigin → Cherokee language ⓘ
Currahee → language → Cherokee language ⓘ
New Echota → hasLanguage → Cherokee ⓘ
linked to: Cherokee language
Cherokee Constitution of 1827 → language → Cherokee ⓘ
linked to: Cherokee language
John Ross → languageSpoken → Cherokee ⓘ
linked to: Cherokee language
Major Ridge → nativeLanguage → Cherokee language ⓘ
Cherokee syllabary → usedFor → Cherokee language ⓘ
Cherokee syllabary → unicodeBlock → Cherokee ⓘ
linked to: Cherokee language
Cherokee syllabary → notablePublicationLanguage → Cherokee ⓘ
linked to: Cherokee language
John Ross → languageSpoken → Cherokee ⓘ
subject linked to: Principal Chief John Ross
linked to: Cherokee language
Samuel A. Worcester → languageWork → Cherokee language ⓘ
John Ridge → languageSpoken → Cherokee ⓘ
linked to: Cherokee language
Unicode 3.0 → addsScripts → Cherokee ⓘ
linked to: Cherokee language
Unicode 3.0 → addsBlocks → Cherokee ⓘ
linked to: Cherokee language
Cherokee → language → Cherokee language ⓘ
William Charles Rogers → languageSpoken → Cherokee ⓘ
linked to: Cherokee language
Tahlequah, Oklahoma → hasMinorityLanguage → Cherokee language ⓘ
Tahlequah, Oklahoma → officialLanguageInGovernment → Cherokee language (Cherokee Nation government) ⓘ
linked to: Cherokee language
Cherokee Nation Courts → mayUseLanguage → Cherokee language ⓘ
Qualla Boundary → primaryLanguageHistorically → Cherokee language ⓘ
Tribal Council (Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians) → mayUseLanguage → Cherokee language ⓘ
subject linked to: Tribal Council
Tsa-La-Gi Ancient Village → languageOfName → Cherokee ⓘ
linked to: Cherokee language
North American language family → includes → Cherokee language ⓘ
American Indian languages → includeLanguage → Cherokee language ⓘ
Nantahala National Forest → languageOfName → Cherokee language ⓘ
Chickamauga Creek → hasNameEtymology → Cherokee language ⓘ
Wes Studi → languageSpoken → Cherokee ⓘ
linked to: Cherokee language
Kuwahi → hasNameInLanguage → Cherokee language ⓘ
Cherokee Supplement → script → Cherokee ⓘ
linked to: Cherokee language
Cherokee Supplement → writingSystem → Cherokee language ⓘ
Cherokee Supplement → hasScriptProperty → Cherokee ⓘ
linked to: Cherokee language