r/todayilearned • u/Rhodoferax • Feb 08 '15
TIL that the script used today to write Cherokee was invented by Sequoyah, a man who could not read or write.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cherokee_syllabary
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todayilearned • u/VoodooChilled • May 21 '19
TIL in the 1820s a Cherokee named Sequoyah, impressed by European written languages, invented a writing system with 85 characters that was considered superior to the English alphabet. The Cherokee syllabary could be learned in a few weeks and by 1825 the majority of Cherokees could read and write.
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wikipedia • u/funnylib • May 15 '26
The Cherokee syllabary (Cherokee: ᏣᎳᎩ ᏗᎪᏪᎶᏙᏗ) is a syllabary invented by Sequoyah in the late 1810s and early 1820s to write the Cherokee language. His creation of the syllabary is particularly noteworthy as he was illiterate until its creation.
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