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  2. Cherokee grammar - Wikipedia

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    Cherokee is a polysynthetic verb-heavy nominative–accusative language [citation needed] with a non-productive incorporation system. Verbs may be inflected with a large number of suffixes and prefixes that express a range of properties, including subject and/or object agreement, tense and aspect, and evidentiality.

  3. Cherokee syllabary - Wikipedia

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    The Cherokee syllabary is a syllabary invented by Sequoyah in the late 1810s and early 1820s to write the Cherokee language.His creation of the syllabary is particularly noteworthy as he was illiterate until its creation. [3]

  4. Cherokee language - Wikipedia

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    Cherokee, like many Native American languages, is polysynthetic, meaning that many morphemes may be linked together to form a single word, which may be of great length. Cherokee verbs must contain at a minimum a pronominal prefix, a verb root, an aspect suffix, and a modal suffix, [19] for a total of 17 verb tenses. [39]

  5. Papoose - Wikipedia

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    A child carrier, especially ones resembling those of Native Americans, is sometimes referred to as a papoose. Papoose (from the Narragansett papoos, meaning "child") [1] is an American English word whose present meaning is "a Native American child" (regardless of tribe) or, even more generally, any child, usually used as a term of endearment, often in the context of the child's mother. [2]

  6. Category:Cherokee language - Wikipedia

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    Pages in category "Cherokee language" ... Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License; additional terms may apply.

  7. Cherokee - Wikipedia

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    Because of the polysynthetic nature of the Cherokee language, new and descriptive words in Cherokee are easily constructed to reflect or express modern concepts. Examples include ditiyohihi (ᏗᏘᏲᎯᎯ), which means "he argues repeatedly and on purpose with a purpose," meaning "attorney."

  8. Durbin Feeling - Wikipedia

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    Durbin Feeling (Cherokee: ᏫᎵ ᏚᎥᎢᏅ, romanized: Wili Duvinv; April 2, 1946 – August 19, 2020) was a Cherokee Nation linguist who wrote the primary Cherokee–English dictionary in 1975. He is considered the greatest modern contributor to the preservation of the endangered Cherokee language .

  9. Tsul 'Kalu - Wikipedia

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    The words Tsul and Tsune and their variations appear in a number of Cherokee place names throughout the Southeastern United States, especially in western North Carolina and eastern Tennessee. Tsul`kälû' Tsunegûñ'yï is a 100-acre (40 ha) patch on a slope of the mountain Tanasee Bald [ 2 ] in Jackson County, North Carolina , on the ridge ...