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Cherokee Syllabary and Sounds
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The Cherokee Alphabet and Pronunciation Guide
 a |
 e |
 i |
 o |
 u |
 v |
 ga |
 ka |
 ge |
 gi |
 go |
 gu |
 gv |
 ha |
 he |
 hi |
 ho |
 hu |
 hv |
 la |
 le |
 li |
 lo |
 lu |
 lv |
 ma |
 me |
 mi |
 mo |
 mu |
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 na |
 hna |
 ne |
 ni |
 no |
 nu |
 nv |
 qua |
 que |
 qui |
 quo |
 quu |
 quv |
 sa |
 s |
 se |
 si |
 so |
 su |
 sv |
 da |
 ta |
 de |
 te |
 di |
 ti |
 do |
 du |
 dv |
 dla |
 tla |
 tle |
 tli |
 tlo |
 tlu |
 tlv |
 tsa |
 tse |
 tsi |
 tso |
 tsu |
 tsv |
 wa |
 we |
 wi |
 wo |
 wu |
 wv |
 ya |
 ye |
 yi |
 yo |
 yu |
 yv |
Sounds Represented by Vowels
| a, as a in father, or short as a in rival |
o, as o in note, approaching aw in law |
| e, as a in hate, or short as e in met |
u, as oo in fool, or short as u in pull |
| i, as i in pique, or short as i in pit |
v, as u in but, nasalized |
Consonant Sounds
- h, k, l, m, n, q, s, t, w, and y as in English.
- g nearly as in English, but approaching k. Syllables
beginning with g except (ga) can have the consonance of k.
- (do), (du), and
(dv) are sometimes sounded to, tu, and
tv.
- Syllables starting with tl [except (tla)]
sometimes vary to dl.
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