I am Tsalagi

[TsalagiElder]

O si yo!

It's nice to have a Tsalagi around! Keetoowah especially.

I greatly look forward to seeing you around the Indigenous religious DIR.

wa:do

Wa-do tso-s-da-nv-tli.

 

[painted wolf]

Wa-do tso-s-da-nv-tli.

v-gi-lv

Wa-do tso-s-da-nv-tli

 

[TsalagiElder]

]v-gi-lv[/B]

Wa-do tso-s-da-nv-tli

Sometimes these old eyes don't see too good......... I should look at the Gender before assuming.....

 

[painted wolf]

Sometimes these old eyes don't see too good......... I should look at the Gender before assuming.....

No worries... it's an easy mistake to make on a forum.

wa:do

 

[Twig pentagram]

I am Tsalagi(Cherokee) and I am Keetoowah, which means I am a keeper of the old ways. I live in the foothills of the Appalachian Mts., I am an ancient elder of my family and I am here to learn and hopefully to teach.osay

Hotep.

 

[Noaidi]

Hi Tsalagi. Welcome to RF.

 

[The Sum of Awe]

Welcome!

 

[Meow Mix]

Wa-do tso-s-da-nv-tli.

v-gi-lv

Wa-do tso-s-da-nv-tli

Just wanted to say that the language appears beautiful; wish I knew how to pronunciate it correctly in my head

 

[elmarna]

WALK IN BEAUTY MY FRIEND!
May the great spirit send you the gifts you need as you travel through life!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[painted wolf]

Just wanted to say that the language appears beautiful; wish I knew how to pronunciate it correctly in my head

LOL... me too!

I only know a few words here and there and there are two major dialects (Eastern and Western) that have slightly different pronunciations. But generally, once you know the basic syllable pronounciation it's really easy. Since is a syllable based language it's written as it sounds.

It is a beautiful language, without a lot of the harsh sounds in English. It's also really beautiful written properly.

"V" is actually an "uh" sound like in "huh".

wa:do

 

[Gjallarhorn]

I always preferred the original version (at least, it appears to be an original version):

 

[painted wolf]

It was hard to get it working on a printing press though.
What is really amazing is that the Syllabary was officially adopted in 1825 and by 1828 there was a 90% literacy rate in it's use. It was the fastest adoption of a written language system in history.

wa:do

 

[Somerled32]

I've always loves the Syllabary! My wife and I lived in Oklahoma for a year (that's where she's from) and the optometrist in the next town had a Cherokee eye chart in the lobby, I thought that was kind of cool.
I was also very interested in Native American spirituality from a very early age.

Welcome To RF, TsalagiElder!

 

[Faxecura]

Welcome, Tsalagi.

I have always been interested in Native American languages, particularly because they are so different from the languages I know (mainly English, French, and Japanese).