USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -In 1821 the Cherokee developed a written language, and by 1828 the Cherokee Phoenix, the first Native American newspaper, began publication. The Cherokee also established a strong central government with a constitution based on the U.S. constitution.

Detailed explanation-2: -Cherokee became one of the earliest indigenous American languages to have a functional written analogue.

Detailed explanation-3: -Sequoyah’s writing system was directly connected to spoken Cherokee. Its 86 symbols represented consonant and vowel combinations – syllables. This is why written Cherokee, or Tsalagi Gawonihisdi, is correctly called a syllabary, not an alphabet.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Cherokee language is classified as the sole member of the Southern Branch of the Iroquoian language family (the Northern branch includes speakers from the Huron, Tuscarora, Oneida, Mohawk, Seneca, Cayuga, and Onondaga tribes).

Detailed explanation-5: -Cherokee language, Cherokee name Tsalagi Gawonihisdi, North American Indian language, a member of the Iroquoian family, spoken by the Cherokee (Tsalagi) people originally inhabiting Virginia, West Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Kentucky, and Tennessee.