Cherokee language alphabet


Print with a decorative border showing the Cherokee language alphabet, invented by Native American leader and polymath Sequoyah (died 1843). The page is divided into three sections showing: characters as arranged by the inventor, characters systematically arranged with the sounds, sounds represented by vowels and consonant sounds. Published c. 1834.


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