v | 7 xe NSRP R Maly REQ dO RO, of RGB Be PMH FO 8 Be SRSA OPH NO VDI Sar fi SDA & Wd aw ’s. a) Bay aM | ® Q > = NS 8 8 SHO es aa ¥ BO RA SIGhr > See N Sa Nk< a o le S Nar = Na t FO sO SQA 8 8 Oo % ee AK & & 8 , Cherokee Alphabet or Syllabary A as in FATHER Eas A in HATE or short as in PIT I as in PIQUE or short as in PIT O as in OW or short as in NOT U as OO in FOOT or short as in PULL V short U nazalized ‘There was no sound of P, B, J, R, CH or Z. The entire language could be spoken without closing the lips except for the sound of M. Prepared from the original of Sequoyah showing the 86 characters and their pronun- ciation in English. Two more sounds were added later in Oklahoma. Prepared by Willis Enloe of Cherokee, N. C., for Chief Nimrod Jarret Smith. Museum of the Cherokee Indian. 2