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.

Morpheme Lists

Learning materials focused on Cherokee morphemes--the smallest parts of speech that carry meaning. Cherokee words are formed by putting these morphemes together like little LEGO blocks--a process called "Inflection" or "Synthesis."

Vocabulary Handouts

These are handouts and study-guides of vocabulary words to study, organized by word type and topic. My "Beginner Verb List" is included here to help get you started on verb study. For more information about verbs, you should go to the "Verb Tables" section.

Grammar Topics

Here, you'll find study-guide and handout-type documents covering miscellaneous Cherokee language topics--usually selected grammar, usage, morphology, or etymology topics. Like the other learning materials, these are meant to present lessons on grammar topics in compact, easy to print-and-study formats.

Non-Language Learning Materials

Writing lessons, handouts, and study materials is something I generally enjoy doing--even outside the context of Cherokee language topics. Any non-essay, non Cherokee-language-related work I've written that meets my definition of "Learning Material" will be posted here.