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Say Hello in the Cherokee (Tsalagi) Language

English: Hello My name is

Cherokee:

Pronunciation: Oh-see-YOH (your name), dah-wah-DOH

Did You Know You Were Speaking Cherokee?

Words in English from the Cherokee (Tsalagi) language:

Yankee

Sequoia

Cherokee Alphabet

Cherokee Language Syllabary

Learning Cherokee

Cherokee Moons

Cherokee Language Lessons

Animal Names in Cherokee

Cherokee Culture

History of the Tsa-la-gi Language

History of the Cherokee

The Cherokee Nation

Cherokee Story of the First Fire

A Brief History of the Trail of Tears

Cherokee Lore & Stories

Cherokee Lore

Traditional Cherokee Stories

Who Can You Talk To?

There are 22,500 people in North America who speak Cherokee, with the largest number of Cherokee speakers in Oklahoma and western North Carolina.

Now you can say hello to 22,500 people!*

*Source: Ethnologue: Cherokee (2005)

Say Hello to the World was created by Lorri Mon.

Updated on 10 Jun 2008

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