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A Written Language for the Cherokee So Efficient It Was Thought to Be Magic

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A Written Language for the Cherokee So Efficient It Was Thought to Be Magic

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RSS BotMB to Hacker NewsEnglish · 3 months ago
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The Man Who Created a Written Language for the Cherokee Did It So Efficiently and Elegantly, His Peers Thought It Was Magic
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Sequoyah’s syllabary faced suspicion initially, but after a demonstration, his version of “talking leaves” was widely embraced. And then the word spread

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  • kobra@piefed.social
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    It’s one of the best kept native languages and there are tons of resources online if you want to see examples or even learn it!

    • A_Union_of_Kobolds@lemmy.world
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      The alphabet is neat too. Its a matrix!

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