Handwritten list of names in Cherokee syllabary with photocopy, mid-19th century - mid-20th century

Item — Box: 2, Folder: 88

Identifier: 4926.280

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Description

Handwritten list of 71 names in Cherokee syllabary with a photocopy included. There is a handwritten note on the photocopy saying the names were translated on June 25, 1968, but a physical translation is absent. Folder 88

Transcription/Transliteration

This document has been transliterated from the Cherokee syllabary into Romanized Cherokee Phonetics.

[First Column] tsatsi tsudotlila sawi wadi sawi tsimi gadoga kaquonv [quo in superscript] suwadi tsoweha suwadi tsoweha tsani guwisani galatsolada waga usudiyvdv datsvta tsani lesi anisuwodv nedi tsanisini ayv aduga asugidv uhalugi lage tsulisganadv ewa gasada salisa dali tsunvhvdv [nv is indistinguishable from a nu] salalisi nigi wili digini [Second Column] tsali uwolada datsvsi asuninvgi tsissutsi [faded name] digini tsanisini dunawi nvgahulonvgi [is marked out name] luyi uwosodi nvganelidv [is marked out ni] tsiwi gadagodiyuha gahanvnewo’ogi danuwi wadi nedi gadvdi atsilv nihahnatsi wadi nigulegi [marked out name] tsuwelisi dawi disesgi nigitsi [marked out name] [marked out name] dalonige suwadi [marked out name] digvginvgi

Dates

mid-19th century - mid-20th century

Language of Materials

From the Collection:

Materials in English and Cherokee.

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