ᏍᏏᏉᏯ (Ssiquoya)

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ᏍᏏᏉᏯ (Sequoyah) was a Cherokee polymath and silversmith renowned for developing the Cherokee syllabary, a writing system that enabled widespread literacy among the Cherokee people.

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ᏍᏏᏉᏯ (Ssiquoya) canonical 1

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Statements (29)

Predicate Object
instanceOf human ⓘ
linguist ⓘ
polymath ⓘ
silversmith ⓘ
associatedWith Cherokee Nation West ⓘ
Cherokee cultural revival ⓘ
citizenship Cherokee Nation ⓘ
contributedTo standardization of written Cherokee ⓘ
created Cherokee syllabary ⓘ
culturalHeritage Native American ⓘ
linked to: Native Americans
ethnicity Cherokee ⓘ
fieldOfWork craftsmanship ⓘ
linguistics ⓘ
writing systems ⓘ
hasWork Cherokee syllabary ⓘ
influenced Cherokee literacy ⓘ
linked to: Cherokee syllabary

preservation of Cherokee language ⓘ
knownAs Ssiquoya ⓘ
language Cherokee ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName Cherokee ⓘ
legacy model for indigenous writing system development ⓘ
name George Guess ⓘ
Sequoyah ⓘ
ᏍᏏᏉᏯ ⓘ
notableFor development of the Cherokee syllabary ⓘ
occupation silversmith ⓘ
soldier ⓘ
statesman ⓘ
significantEvent creation of a writing system that enabled widespread literacy among the Cherokee people ⓘ

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

Cherokee syllabary → creatorNameInCherokee → ᏍᏏᏉᏯ (Ssiquoya) ⓘ