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Aksara Cherokee adalah aksara silabis yang diciptakan oleh Sequoyah pada akhir tahun 1810-an dan 1820-an untuk menulis bahasa Cherokee walaupun sebelumnya ia buta huruf. Ia awalnya mencoba membuat logogram, tetapi pada akhirnya ia memilih untuk membuat simbol untuk silabel. Terdapat 85 (awalnya 86) karakter dalam aksara Cherokee. Beberapa mirip dengan huruf Latin, Yunani, dan Kiril, tetapi pengucapannya berbeda (misalnya, suara /a/ ditulis dengan huruf yang mirip dengan D).
Huruf Cherokee
| Ꭰ |
a
|
|
Ꭱ |
e
|
|
Ꭲ |
i
|
|
Ꭳ |
o
|
Ꭴ |
u
|
Ꭵ |
v
|
| Ꭶ |
ga
|
Ꭷ |
ka
|
|
Ꭸ |
ge
|
|
Ꭹ |
gi
|
|
Ꭺ |
go
|
Ꭻ |
gu
|
Ꭼ |
gv
|
| Ꭽ |
ha
|
|
Ꭾ |
he
|
|
Ꭿ |
hi
|
|
Ꮀ |
ho
|
Ꮁ |
hu
|
Ꮂ |
hv
|
| Ꮃ |
la
|
|
Ꮄ |
le
|
|
Ꮅ |
li
|
|
Ꮆ |
lo
|
Ꮇ |
lu
|
Ꮈ |
lv
|
| Ꮉ |
ma
|
|
Ꮊ |
me
|
|
Ꮋ |
mi
|
|
Ꮌ |
mo
|
Ꮍ |
mu
|
|
| Ꮎ |
na
|
Ꮏ |
hna
|
Ꮐ |
nah
|
Ꮑ |
ne
|
|
Ꮒ |
ni
|
|
Ꮓ |
no
|
Ꮔ |
nu
|
Ꮕ |
nv
|
| Ꮖ |
qua
|
|
Ꮗ |
que
|
|
Ꮘ |
qui
|
|
Ꮙ |
quo
|
Ꮚ |
quu
|
Ꮛ |
quv
|
| Ꮝ |
s
|
Ꮜ |
sa
|
|
Ꮞ |
se
|
|
Ꮟ |
si
|
|
Ꮠ |
so
|
Ꮡ |
su
|
Ꮢ |
sv
|
| Ꮣ |
da
|
Ꮤ |
ta
|
|
Ꮥ |
de
|
Ꮦ |
te
|
Ꮧ |
di
|
Ꮨ |
ti
|
Ꮩ |
do
|
Ꮪ |
du
|
Ꮫ |
dv
|
| Ꮬ |
dla
|
Ꮭ |
tla
|
|
Ꮮ |
tle
|
|
Ꮯ |
tli
|
|
Ꮰ |
tlo
|
Ꮱ |
tlu
|
Ꮲ |
tlv
|
| Ꮳ |
tsa
|
|
Ꮴ |
tse
|
|
Ꮵ |
tsi
|
|
Ꮶ |
tso
|
Ꮷ |
tsu
|
Ꮸ |
tsv
|
| Ꮹ |
wa
|
|
Ꮺ |
we
|
|
Ꮻ |
wi
|
|
Ꮼ |
wo
|
Ꮽ |
wu
|
Ꮾ |
wv
|
| Ꮿ |
ya
|
|
Ᏸ |
ye
|
|
Ᏹ |
yi
|
|
Ᏺ |
yo
|
Ᏻ |
yu
|
Ᏼ |
yv
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Catatan kaki
Bibliografi
- Bender, Margaret. 2002. Signs of Cherokee Culture: Sequoyah's Syllabary in Eastern Cherokee Life. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press.
- Bender, Margaret. 2008. Indexicality, voice, and context in the distribution of Cherokee scripts. International Journal of the Sociology of Language 192:91–104.
- Daniels, Peter T (1996), The World's Writing Systems, New York: Oxford University Press, hlm. 587–92 .
- Foley, Lawrence (1980), Phonological Variation in Western Cherokee, New York: Garland Publishing .
- Kilpatrick, Jack F; Kilpatrick, Anna Gritts, New Echota Letters, Dallas: Southern Methodist University Press .
- Scancarelli, Janine (2005), "Cherokee", dalam Hardy, Heather K; Scancarelli, Janine, Native Languages of the Southeastern United States, Bloomington: Nebraska Press, hlm. 351–84 .
- Tuchscherer, Konrad; Hair, PEH (2002), "Cherokee and West Africa: Examining the Origins of the Vai Script", History in Africa (29): 427–86 .
- Sturtevant, William C (general); Fogelson (volume), Raymond D, ed. (2004), Handbook of North American Indians: Southeast, 14, Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution, ISBN 0-16-072300-0 .
- Walker, Willard; Sarbaugh, James (1993), "The Early History of the Cherokee Syllabary", Ethnohistory, 40 (1): 70–94 .
Bacaan lanjut
- Cowen, Agnes (1981), Cherokee syllabary primer, Park Hill, OK: Cross-Cultural Education Center, ASIN B00341DPR2 .
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