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Cherokee alphabet
| Content Provider | Library of Congress - Books/Printed Material |
|---|---|
| Author | Sequoyah |
| Temporal Coverage | 1834 |
| Description | Place and date of publication from catalog record for copy at the Boston Athenaeum. Printed under the following headings: Characters as arranged by the inventor, Characters systematically arranged with the sounds, Sounds represented by vowels, Consonant sounds. Printed within a decorative border. From the Missionary herald, Feb. 1826, p. 47, as quoted in Pilling, on Sequoyah's development of the Cheroke alphabet: On collecting all the syllables ... he found the number to be eighty-two. In order to express these, he took the letters of our alphabet for a part of them, and various modifications of our letters, with some characters of his own invention, for the rest. Pilling, J.C. Bibliography of the Iroquoian languages, page 72 LC copy has inscription on verso: Cherokee alphabet. |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Place | New Echota, Ga. |
| Part of Series | Rare Book Selections Rare Book and Special Collections Division Catalog |
| Requires | HTML5 supported browser |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Alphabet Cherokee Language |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Cherokee language--Alphabet |
| Subject Domain (in LCC) | PM782 .S47 1834 |
| Alternative Title | Cherokee alphabet, characters as arranged by the inventor. |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Book |
