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The language that was spoken by the Cherokees is their own native language. This was a language that was unique.
The Cherokee speak, or spoke, around 23 different dialects of "Tsalagi" (Cherokee).
Cherokee's spoke (at least) 23 different dialects of Tsalagi.

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Cherokee--more properly spelled Tsalagi--is an Iroquoian language with an innovative written syllabary invented by a Cherokee scholar. 22,000 people speak Tsalagi today, primarily in Oklahoma and North Carolina. Though it is one of the healthier Indian languages of North America and the one in which the most literature being published, Tsalagi is still in imperiled condition because of government policies as late as the fifties which enforced the removal of Cherokee children from Tsalagi-speaking homes, reducing the number of young Cherokees being raised bilingually from 75% to less than 5% today.

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According to what I've learned, the Cherokee spoke a language that called "tsalagi" (I think it's pronounced something like: "jah-lah-gee". I think the "G" in this word is pronounced something between a hard "G" in English and the English "K". I'm a total beginner as far as understanding the language, but that's something I know from various resources online). I'm not sure if there's an accurate English name for the language, but when I was looking for the Cherokee Language, I referred to the language as "Cherokee" before I knew their name for their own language. Hope this helped.

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Most Cherokee people speak English.
There are also about 11,000 speakers of Tsalagi Gawonihisdi (ᏣᎳᎩ ᎦᏬᏂᎯᏍᏗ) also called Cherokee.


Cherokee has a unique writing system. It was invented by Sequoiah, a man who could not read, but took the letters he saw in English books, and adapted them for Cherokee, without knowing how they were pronounced in English. For example, the letter "a" in Cherokee is written "D."


Here is a sample of Cherokee writing:


Ꭼꭼꮒᏻꮙ ꭰꮑꮃ ꮝꭶꮪꭹ ꭴꮪꮣꮈꮕꭿ ꮎꭲ ꭴꮕꮜ ꭴꮎꮯꮒꭼꮑꮧꭲ, ꮎꭲ ꭴꮎꮅꭺꮢ-ꭴꮅꭺꭿ ꮎꮝꭹ ꭴꮎꮣꮪꮥꮻꮫ ꭰᏸꮅ ꮪꮎꮩꮲꮢ, ꮎꮝꭹ ꭼꮒꭸꮢ ꮎꮕꮑꮂꭹ ꮒꭼꮎꮥꮎ ꭺꭿᏻꭿ ꮎꮝꭹꮎ ꭰꮄ ꭰꭶꮞꮝꮤꮕꭹ ꮎ ꭰꮒᏼꮻ ꭴꮒꮂ ᏻꮎꮫꮑꮧꭲ ꭰꮄ ꮪꮎꮃꮟꮫ ꮩꭿ ꮷꮎꮥꮧꭲ, ꭼꮒᏻꮙ ꭴꮰꮿꮙ ꭴꮓꮅꮸꭹ ꮎꮝꭹ ꭴꮒꮂ ꭲᏻꮎꮫꮧꭲ ꭰꮄ ꮩꭿ ꭰꮥꮧꭲ ꮎꮝꭹ ꮺꮖ ꭴꮅꮝꭸꮧ ꮎꮝꭹꮎ ꭷꮅꭲ ꭰꮥꮃꮀꮢꭿ ꭿꭰ ꭰꮪꮣꮈꮧ, ꮓꮙꮓ, ꮎꮝꭹ ꭲᏻꮝꮧ, ꮎꮝꭹ ꮒꭶꮣꮚ ꮣꮒꮃꮻꭵ ꮧꮃꮟꮤꮕꭿ ꭿꭰ ꮒꭼꮎꮫ ꮧꭶꮓꮳꮃꮕꭲ ꭰꮒᏼꮻ ꭴꮒꮂ ꭲᏻꮎꮫꮑꮧꭲ ꮎꮝꭹ ꭴꮰꮿꮙ ꭲꭶꮨꭽꮚ ꭰꮅꮒꭼꮑꮈꭹ ꮎꮝꭹꮎ ꮒꭶꮣ ꭰꮒᏼꮻ ꭰꮄ ꮒꭶꮣ ꭴꮎꮣꮪꮥꮻꮫ ꭰᏸꮅ ꮪꮎꮩꮲꮢ, ꮎꭲ ꮎꮝꭹ ꭰꮝꮖꮫꭿ ꮎꮝꭹꮎꮓ ꮒꭶꮧᏻ ꭰꮟᏼꮻ ꭰꮄ ꮒꭶꮧᏻ ꭰᏸꮈ ꮎꮝꭹ ᏼꮻ, ꭴꮒꮝꮖꮒꭺꮩꮧ ꭿꭰ ꮧꭶꮓꮳꮃꮕ ꮒꭺꭿꮈꭲ ꭰꮎꮣꮕꮦꮝꭺꭲ, ꭰꮞꮓ ꭰꮑꮈꮩꮧ ꮎꮝꭹ ꮣꮎꮥᏺꮂꮝꭼꭹ ꭰꮄ ꮷꮎꮥꮆꮖꮝꮧꭲ ꮎꭲ ꭼꮒꭸꮢ ꮎꮕꮑꮂ ꭺꭿᏻꭿ ꮎꮝꭹꮎ ꭿꭰ ꭴꮒꮂ ꭲᏻꮎꮫꮑꮧꭲ ꭰꮄ ꮩꭿ ꮷꮎꮥꮧꭲ ꮎꭵꭲ ꭰꮅᏹꮅꮢꭹ ꮹꮯꮆꭿꭿ, ꭰᏸꮅ ꭰꮄ ꭰᏸꮅ ꮪꮎꮩꮲꮢ, ꮔꮎᏸꭿꮝꮫꮎꮙ ꮎꮝꭹ ꮒꭼꮎꮥꮎ ꭰꮄ ꭲᏻꮅꮝꮩꮧᏹ ꮧꭸꭶꮣꮒꮈꮸꭹ ꭰꮄ ꭰꭶꮞꮝꮤꮕꭹ, ꭲꮷꮃꮓ ꮔꮎꮫꮕ ꮎꮝꭹ ꭰꮒᏼꮻ ꮎ ꭰꮑꮃ ꮝꭶꮪꭹ ꭴꮕꮜ ꭰꮄ ꮔꮎꮫꮕ ꮎꮝꭹ ꭰꮒᏼꮻ ꮎꮎꭲ ꮧꮝꭶꮪꭹ ꭽꮻꮒꮧꮲ ꭲᏻꮎꮫꮑꮅꮣꮝꮧ ꭴꮒꮂꭲ.

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The Cherokee Indians speak one of 23 dialects of Tsalagi (Jah-sala-Ge, Jah-la-gee, Cha-la-gee, or Cha-la-g) a derivative of Irquoian ( ear-o-coy).

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The Cherokee Indians speak English. However, there is also a Cherokee Language that many of them also speak.

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The written language is Cherokee. Some used the term syllabary, which means a syllable for each possible sound in the Cherokee language. The written language was invented by Sequoyah.

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Cherokee's spoke (at least) 23 different dialects of Tsalagi.

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