Beginning Cherokee

Beginning Cherokee Test

Click here for Basic Cherokee Test pdf exercise.  This is an augmented pdf.  You should be able to click Cherokee words in pdf to hear the audio.  You will have to download the pdf to take advantage of the augmented audio feature.

Beginning Cherokee Assessment

Videos on our YouTube channel Atse Kituwah Level 1 Playlist demonstrate Beginning Cherokee Assessment.  Language learners begin at Level 1: Novice Low and advance to Level 2: Novice Mid.  A Level 2 learner has command of about 200 words in Cherokee language and knows some basic interactional phrases.  Words include colors, numbers, animals, and other entities.  Phrases include What’s your name? It’s cold today. and What time is it?

Tsalagi Tsiwoniha

Our colleagues at Swain High School created Tsalagi Tsiwoniha – I’m Speaking Cherokee.  It is a series of basic Cherokee language videos and lessons. (When you get there, click the little menu icon at top right.)

ᏏᏲ! Siyo! Basic Greeting

Click here for Basic Greeting pdf exercise.  First click play head on audio player below and then click open this pdf.

ᏧᎵᏑᏫᏓ Tsulsuhwida Colors

Click here for Colors pdf exercise. First click play head on audio player below and then click open this pdf.

ᏗᏎᏍᏗ Disesdi Numbers

Click here for numbers pdf exercise. First click play head on audio player below and then click open this pdf.

ᎲᎦ ᎢᏳᏩᏂᎸ?  Hvga iyuwahnilv? What time is it?

Click here for Time pdf exercise.  First click play head on audio player below and then click open this pdf.

ᏙᏱ ᏂᎦᎵᏍᏓᏂᏙᎲᎢ Doyi Nigalsdanidohvi Weather

Click here for Weather pdf exercise. First click play head on audio player below and then click open this pdf.

ᏗᎿᏬ Dihnawo Clothing

Click here for clothes pdf exercise. First click play head on audio player below and then click open this pdf.

Ꮩ ᎤᏍᏗ ᎠᎬᏱ?  Do usdi agvyi?  Which one is first?

Click here for Which one is first? Animals, birds, and bugs ordinal numbering pdf exercise.  First click play head on audio player below and then click open this pdf.  Related video at https://youtu.be/LjnFquN8Ruo and https://youtu.be/6PI4yyojXlE.

Parenting Commands

Click here for Parenting Commands pdf exercise. First click play head on audio player below and then click open this pdf.

Present Time Activities

Click here for Present Time Activities pdf exercise. First click play head on audio player below and then click open this pdf.  Audio runs through 3rd Person Singular forms and then through 1st Person Singular forms.