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Cherokee Reference Grammar (Hardcover)
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Cherokee Reference Grammar (Hardcover)
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The Cherokees have the oldest and best-known Native American
writing system in the United States. Invented by Sequoyah and made
public in 1821, it was rapidly adopted, leading to
nineteenth-century Cherokee literacy rates as high as 90 percent.
This writing system, the Cherokee syllabary, is fully explained and
used throughout this volume, the first and only complete published
grammar of the Cherokee language. Although the Cherokee Reference
Grammar focuses on the dialect spoken by the Cherokees in Oklahoma
- the Cherokee Nation and the United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee
Indians - it provides the grammatical foundation upon which all the
dialects are based. In his introduction, author Brad
Montgomery-Anderson offers a brief account of Cherokee history and
language revitalization initiatives, as well as instructions for
using this grammar. The book then delves into an explanation of
Cherokee pronunciation, orthography, parts of speech, and syntax.
While the book is intended as a reference grammar for experienced
scholars, Montgomery-Anderson presents the information in
accessible stages, moving from easier examples to more complex
linguistic structures. Examples are taken from a variety of
sources, including many from the Cherokee Phoenix. Audio clips of
various text examples throughout can be found on the accompanying
CDs. The volume also includes three appendices: a glossary keyed to
the text; a typescript for the audio component; and a collection of
literary texts: two traditional stories and a historical account of
a search party traveling up the Arkansas River. The Cherokee
Nation, as the second-largest tribe in the United States and the
largest in Oklahoma, along with the United Keetoowah Band and the
Eastern band of Cherokees, have a large number of people who speak
their native language. Like other tribes, they have seen a sharp
decline in the number of native speakers, particularly among the
young, but they have responded with ambitious programs for
preserving and revitalizing Cherokee culture and language. Cherokee
Reference Grammar will serve as a vital resource in advancing these
efforts to understand Cherokee history, language, and culture on
their own terms.
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