Native Lanquage

[codyfever]

O'siyo


I am trying to find a site where I can learn the Cherokee lanquage. I did have it at one time and lost everything on my PC. I am interested in teaching my granddaughter. If anyone knows of one please let me know.

[Pare Bowlegs]

Search.

Do a search on www.google.com. There's a ton of Cherokee stuff out there. Or you may try Cherokee Nation. I think they have a site with the language on there.

Pare-

[Kituhwa]

The Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma has been offering online Cherokee language classes for some time now.

http://www.cherokee.org/ is their site

you can also join the yahoo group that was formerly run by Boy Taylor from the Cherokee Museum in North Carolina

Bo was taught to speak it from Walker Calhoun a traditional who grew up speaking Cherokee

that site is

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/giduwa I believe

Keep in mind, that site's sound files are all in the eastern or north carolina dialect, sometimes called the "Kituhwa" dialect, imagine that? ha ha

It differs from the Western or Oklahoma dialect mainly in pronunciation, and the eastern folks have more of a habit of dropping first and final syllables in casual speech, I mean they do it in Oklahoma too, just not as much.

you might also e-mail Bo and go to the Cherokee Museum site

http://www.cherokeemuseum.org/

the website for the Eastern Band is here

http://www.cherokee-nc.com/

and finally, there is a "Cherokee translator" found at this website

http://www.wehali.com/

Oh yeah, there are also countless self-instructional materials for the Cherokee language that you can buy from

http://www.nativelanguages.com/

as well as programs for several other native languages

hope this helps

Donada

Mat