Western Carolina University
Cherokee 101 | Unit 1:  Meeting and Greeting | Unit 2: Classroom Language


 

Tom Belt
Instructor,
Modern Foreign Languages
Office: McKee 105A
Office Hours:

M: 1-2, T: 3-4 (Cherokee Center)
Phone: 227-2721
Email: tbelt@email.wcu.edu

 

 
Helpful Links
Hunter Library
University Writing Center

 

Unit 0:  Sounds of the Cherokee Language

0.1.  Vowels:  The vowels of Cherokee are a, e, i, o, u, and v.  These vowels and example words are presented below.

a

Listen to a sounds Go to a page
e
Listen to e sounds Go to e page
i
Listen to i sounds Go to i page
o
Listen to o sounds Go to o page
u
Listen to u sounds Go to u page
v
Listen to v sounds Go to v page

0.2.  Consonants:  The consonants of Cherokee are d, t, g, k, h, l, m, n, s, w, y, ts, and ' (glottal stop).  These consonants and example words are presented below.

d Listen to d sounds Go to d page
g Listen to g sounds Go to g page
h Listen to h sounds Go to h page
k Listen to k sounds Go to k page
l Listen to l sounds Go to l page
m Listen to m sounds Go to m page
n Listen to n sounds Go to n page
s Listen to s sounds Go to s page
t Listen to t sounds Go to t page
ts Listen to ts sounds Go to ts page
w Listen to w sounds Go to w page
y Listen to y sounds Go to y page
' Listen to ' sounds Go to ' page

 

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