Cherokee (Tsalagi) Native American Language Basic - Thornton Media, Inc.
Osiyo! Cherokee-owned Thornton Media (www.ndnlanguage.com) presents Cherokee Basic, the first Native American Indian language app available on the iTunes Store. Cherokee Basic, offers 460+ Cherokee words, phrases and syllabary entries by native speakers of the Oklahoma Cherokee tsalagi dialect. Included is a zoom-able syllabary chart! Begin learning the beautiful Cherokee language anywhere, anytime from native speakers of the language!
View demo video on youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bQ9ApASIyOQ
FEATURES • A total of 467 professionally recorded audio entries for language learning • 18 different categories: Daily Phrases, About Food, Kinship Terms, Pow-Wow, Concepts and Values, Numbers, Months, Days, Time, Colors, Human Body, Animals, Weather, Materials, People, Greetings, Message from your Teacher • Practice all 84 sounds of the Cherokee Alphabet in separate entries • Includes a zoom-able syllabary chart viewable horizontally or vertically • Recordings by fluent speakers of the Oklahoma Cherokee dialect
Sequoyah A Cherokee genius named Sequoyah created the Cherokee alphabet so that Cherokees could learn to read and write their own language as the Europeans did. When he began working on his “talking leaves” many Cherokees thought he had gone crazy and accused him of witchcraft. After recognizing the value of his work, the Cherokee Nation rapidly began to use his syllabary and officially adopted it in 1825. The literacy rate of Cherokees quickly surpassed that of surrounding European-American settlers. Within 3 years the Cherokee Nation began publishing the Cherokee Phoenix Newspaper which is still published today HYPERLINK "http://www.cherokeephoenix.org/". Sequoyah remains the only person in history to create a workable alphabet on his own.
Cherokee is disappearing There are fewer than 7,000 native speakers of Cherokee in the US and most are over age 60. Existing revitalization efforts such as immersion schools produce a few speakers per year, not nearly fast enough to replace the elder speakers we are losing. Cherokee-owned Thornton Media has worked with over 100 tribes creating custom tools for their language programs. We offer the highest quality language tools available anywhere. We are completely self-funded and create our products without any assistance from anyone, including my tribe the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma.
We believe that language revitalization is a numbers game. The more Cherokee speakers that can be produced; the more chance the language has to survive. There are many Cherokees in the US, but not many speakers. I produced this language module with family members (mother, grandmother and aunt) and some friends from the Tahlequah area of Oklahoma. I hope this tool will heal save my endangered language.
Your iPod Cherokee Teachers: Luella Vann Thornton(mom) Lucinda Robbins(grandmother) Della Wolfe Harry Oohsawee Cora Vann(aunt)
Wado! Thanks to all who helped to create Cherokee Basic. If there are any mistakes on this app they are mine, not those of the speakers, if you see any mistakes please contact me as we will be updating the app with more entries. All speakers were compensated for their work.
Cherokee (Tsalagi) Native American Language Basic reviewed by Users
I use it everyday! I am a cherokee speaker myself and I have to say I use this app everyday. Because I don't have people to speak with that often, some of the words are always forgotten and with this app I can easily access audio sounds files without checking the dictionary. My tsalagi improved alot ever since I downloaded this app. They also updated it with a new category and new words. I really enjoyed this app. Thank you for creating this app. I feel that with more people learning the language, it has more hope of being revived. Please accept my heartfelt THANK YOU! WADO!
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Version 1.0
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Aug 3, 2009
- Cherokee (Tsalagi) Native American Language Basic review by
Gosgli
A whole new world opened up... When I was a little girl, I remembered the sound tsi-s-du but I don't know where it came from or what it meant.... Now I know, it's the word for rabbit. The app has alot of entries for animals. I like the way they put it together, very simple to use. Everyday I opened the app and played with it for a while and I learned 2-3 new things. I am a slow learner. Now when I see things, I would ask myself how to say this, how to say that and I would check the app. It's like a whole new world of knowledge opened up for me. The gift that was past down to me by the creator is now easily attainable. Wado! Do-na-da-gv- ho-i
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Version 1.0
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Aug 3, 2009
- Cherokee (Tsalagi) Native American Language Basic review by
Tsi-s-du
I love the Cherokee app! COOL! A Cherokee language app, about time!!!. It's a pretty large collection with hundreds of words and phrases. Has the syllabary chart that Sequoyah created with pronunciations. Kids phrases, daily phrases, food etc... I grew up in Oklahoma but I now live in stinky Los Angeles. The speakers sound like my family back home. Can you hear my OK accent on this post?
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Version 1.0
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Aug 3, 2009
- Cherokee (Tsalagi) Native American Language Basic review by
BigCitySkin
Cherokee Basic iPod app Gave it five stars. I can now tell my wife "I love you" and tell my kids "Clean up your room" in Cherokee. This app is good for your brain. I use this while I run or work out and try to learn one phrase a day. The quality of the sound is good and there are a lot of phrases, enough for me to learn Cherokee for a whole year. Thanks for the app!
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Version 1.0
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Aug 4, 2009
- Cherokee (Tsalagi) Native American Language Basic review by
FamousDave
Amazing! That is the best way to describe it. I absolutely love this app! I use it all the time. I am learning the basics VERY quickly, as this app is easy to use and very informative. I went from only knowing three Cherokee words (prior to purchasing the app) to being able to count from one to ten and back, say I love you, and hold a short conversation in Cherokee in only a matter of a few days. I recommend that anybody even remotely interested in indigenous languages and/or cultures should purchase this app at once. I am also looking forward to future products that this company has in the works. I can't wait to see what is next!
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Version 1.0
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Aug 7, 2009
- Cherokee (Tsalagi) Native American Language Basic review by
TroubleMakr
Amazing application Great application! Helps with the cherokee language very much and it is clean and very easy to use!!
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Version 1.1
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Nov 10, 2009
- Cherokee (Tsalagi) Native American Language Basic review by
FlaSh xHSx
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