John Standingdeer said, "If we Cherokee people have spoken this language for thousands of years, there has to be a pattern, and it has to be simple and easy." He found the pattern that underlies each long Cherokee word, the words that are like a whole sentence in English.
This method for learning Cherokee language is not like any other method. It shows you how to break the words apart in a simple, logical, consistent way that can be learned without huge amounts of rote memorization. It also shows you the meanings of the parts of the words--who's doing the action, when it's happening, and so on. And this method can show you the connection between words.
This website provides a Dictionary, a new program called "Make a Word," and online courses with the method as it is currently being taught at the University of North Carolina at Asheville.
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“Make a Word” is a fun interface that allows you to put together parts of a Cherokee word to create one Cherokee word that is equal to a complete English sentence.
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The dictionary includes more than 80,000 words that you can search for in English, Cherokee phonetics, and Cherokee syllabary.
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Online courses introduce you to this method step by step, and you can learn at your own pace.