Cherokee Language Material
Here you'll find Cherokee language learning materials I've made. As opposed to the lecture-style Language Essays, these documents are meant to present curated information on specific topics in an efficient and study-friendly way. These are highly formatted documents--things like handouts, diagrams, tables, lists, flowcharts, and so on. Instead of being posted directly to the site, they are shared as downloadable pdfs because it's extremely difficult to recreate the complicated formatting I use in this website-builder's word processor.
Please Remember: I am not a fluent speaker, I am not a certified instructor, I am not an academic linguist or language education specialist, and I am not Cherokee. All the writings here are the product of my own language learning process, and may contain mistakes. None of this is original research, and I should never be cited (in the academic sense) for the information contained in these writings. Feel free to print, distribute, repost, or share anything posted here.
Prepronomial Prefixes
Meanings, Uses, Different Names
This handout lists the Prepronomial Prefixes, the order in which they occur, the names used to describe them, and my most thorough attempt at explaining their grammatical functions. Does not contain examples.
Allomorphs and Sound Changes
This handout is meant as a guide to the different forms that can be taken by Prepronomial Prefixes and the Phonological (sound) changes they undergo. It's important to recognize the Prepronomials in all their forms.
Pronomial Prefixes
Pronomial Subject-Object Relationships
This handout covers every Pronomial Prefix in Cherokee, organized and grouped by Set, focusing on the specific Subject-Object pairings denoted by each Pronomial.
Verb Tenses and Stem Forms
Tense Suffixes
The most thorough list I could make of the various Tense Suffixes, and my best attempts at explaining their specific meanings. Does not account for Stem Forms--addresses the Tense Suffixes alone.
Misc. Cherokee Language Topics
Dependent "When" Clauses
This handout is based on a pdf I found early in my learning process that I believe was originally made by Wyman Kirk. It's about how to tie two verb clauses together in time, how to say things like "I did [y] when [x] happened."
Other Learning Material
Making handouts, "cheat sheets," and study guides is something I generally enjoy doing even outside the context of Cherokee language. Just like the Cherokee Language Materials, these are all highly formatted documents presenting a dense amount of curated information. Study-guide type stuff. Feel free to print, distribute, repost, or share anything posted here.