The Cherokee language doesn't use the Latin alphabet (ABCs) like English does. Instead, it uses its own alphabet, which has some letters that look like the ABCs. Each letter represents a different syllable sound. This special alphabet was invented by a Cherokee man named Sequoyah.
Below is a chart of all the letters of the Cherokee alphabet and the sound each one makes.
Notes:
In the chart, ‘v’ represents a nasal vowel, which is pronounced like "ung" in "lung".
The character Ꮩ do is shown upside-down in some fonts. It should look like the Latin letter V.[a]
Grammar
The Cherokee language uses many prefixes and suffixes.
Notes
↑ There was a difference between the old-form DO (Λ-like) and a new-form DO (V-like).[2]
