Cherokee Phonetic
Cherokee Phonetic
Vowel Pronounciation Table.
(a Same as (a) in
father.
(e) Same as (a) in
hate.
(i) Same as (i) in
pigue or pit
(o) Same as (o) in
note approaching (aw) in law
(u) same as (oo) in
fool or short as in pull
(v) as (u) in but,
nasalized
h,k,l,m,n,g,s,t,w,y same as
in English
(g) nearly as in English
but approaching (k)
(') means syllable
is accented.
(?) between syllable
indicates glottel stop (as in o.k.)
(:) means vowel is
held longer.
(*) pronounce
carefully- can change meaning of the word.
Phonetic
|
a |
( ah) |
|
da |
( dah) |
|
de |
( day) |
|
di |
( dee) |
|
dla |
( dlah) |
|
dlu |
( dloo) |
|
dlv |
( dluh) |
|
do |
( doe) |
|
du |
( dew) |
|
dv |
( duh) |
|
e |
( ay) |
|
ga |
( ga) |
|
ge |
( gay) |
|
gi |
( geeh) |
|
go |
( goe) |
|
gu |
( goo) |
|
gv |
( guh) |
|
gwv |
( gwuh) |
|
ha |
( hah) |
|
hi |
( hee) |
|
ho |
( hoe) |
|
hu |
( who) |
|
hv |
( huh) |
|
i |
( ee) |
|
jv |
( juh) |
|
ka |
( kah) |
|
la |
( lah) |
|
le |
( lay) |
|
li |
( lee) |
|
lo |
( low) |
|
lu |
( loo) |
|
lv |
( luh) |
|
me |
( may) |
|
mi |
( me) |
|
mo |
( moe) |
|
mu |
( moo) |
|
na |
( nah) |
|
ne |
( nay) |
|
ni |
( nee) |
|
nu |
( new) |
|
nv |
( nuh) |
|
o |
( oh) |
|
qua |
( gwah) |
|
que |
( gway) |
|
qui |
( gwee) |
|
quo |
( gwoe) |
|
quu |
( gwoo) |
|
s |
( ss) |
|
sa |
( sah) |
|
se |
( say) |
|
si |
( see) |
|
so |
( sew) |
|
su |
( sue) |
|
sv |
( suh) |
|
ta |
( tah) |
|
te |
( tay) |
|
ti |
( tee) |
|
tla |
( tlah) |
|
tli |
( tlee/hlee) |
|
tsa |
( jah) |
|
tse |
( jay) |
|
tsi |
( gee) |
|
tso |
( joe) |
|
tsu |
( jew) |
|
u |
( oo) |
|
tle |
( hlay) |
|
v |
( uh) |
|
we |
( way) |
|
wi |
( wee) |
|
wu |
( woo) |
|
wv |
( wuh) |
|
ya |
( yah) |
|
ye |
( yay) |
|
yi |
( yee) |
|
yo |
( yoe) |
|
yu |
( you) |
|
yv |
( yuh) |
Numbers
|
One |
saquu |
|
Two |
tali |
|
Three |
tsoi |
|
Four |
nvgi |
|
Five |
hisgi |
|
Six |
sudali |
|
Seven |
galiqougi |
|
Eight |
tsunela |
|
Nine |
sonela |
|
Ten |
sgohi |
GREETING
|
HELLO |
O-SI-YO |
|
ARE YOU FINE |
TO-HI-TSU |
|
I AM FINE |
O-SI-TSU |
|
AND YOU? |
NI-NA |
|
FINE |
OSDI |
|
THANK YOU |
WA-DO |
|
OKAY |
HO-WA |
|
YES |
UH |
|
NO |
HLA |
|
I DON'T KNOW |
HLA-YA-GWA-NV-TA |
People
|
Teacher |
di-de-yo-s-gi |
|
Girl |
a-ge-yu-tsa |
|
Boy |
a-tsu-tsa |
|
Man |
a-s-ga-ya |
|
Woman |
a-ge-ya |
|
Boys |
a-ni-tsu-tsa |
|
Girls |
a-ni-ge-yu-ja |
|
Men |
a-ni-s-ga-ya |
|
Women |
a-ni-ge-ya |
|
Baby |
u-s-di |
Months
|
January |
u-no-lv-ta-nv |
|
February |
ka-ga-li |
|
March |
a-nv-hyi |
|
April |
ka-wo-hni |
|
May |
a-ni-s-gv-ti |
|
June |
de-ha-lu-yi |
|
July |
gu-ye-gwo-ni |
|
August |
ga-lo-hni |
|
September |
du-li-s-di |
|
October |
du-ni-nv-di |
|
November |
nv-da-de-qua |
|
December |
u-s-gi-yi |
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