Cherokee Language Detailed Profile
This and the following pages will give more detail on the Cherokee language and it’s history.
Cherokee (ᏣᎳᎩ, Tsalagi) is an Iroquoian language spoken by the Cherokee people which uses a unique syllabary writing system. It is the only Southern Iroquoian language that remains spoken. Cherokee is polysynthetic.
The Cherokee dialect spoken by the inhabitants of the Lower Towns in the vicinity of the South Carolina-Georgia border had r as the liquid consonant in its inventory where the contemporary Ani-kutani (ᎠᏂᎫᏔᏂ) dialect spoken in North Carolina and the Oklahoma dialects contain l. As such, the word “Cherokee” when spoken in the language is expressed as Tsa-la-gi (pronounced Jah-la-gee, Cha-la-gee, or Cha-la-g) by native speakers. The language also lacks p and b.
Source: Wikipedia
