Cherokee Syllabary

The Cherokee syllabary is the foundation for the Cherokee language. See and hear the entire Cherokee syllabary here.

CHEROKEE SYLLABARY

Click on each character below to hear audio

Ꭰ a

Ꭱ e

Ꭲ i

Ꭳ o

Ꭴ u

Ꭵ v

Ꭶ ga

Ꭷ ka

Ꭸ ge

Ꭹ gi

Ꭺ go

Ꭻ gu

Ꭼ gv

Ꭽ ha

Ꭾ he

Ꭿ hi

Ꮀ ho

Ꮁ hu

Ꮂ hv

Ꮃ la

Ꮄ le

Ꮅ li

Ꮆ lo

Ꮇ lu

Ꮈ lv

Ꮉ ma

Ꮊ me

Ꮋ mi

Ꮌ mo

Ꮍ mu

Ꮎ na

Ꮏ hna

Ꮐ nah

Ꮑ ne

Ꮒ ni

Ꮓ no

Ꮔ nu

Ꮕ nv

Ꮖ qua

Ꮗ que

Ꮘ qui

Ꮙ qwo

Ꮚ quu

Ꮛ quv

Ꮜ sa

Ꮝ s

Ꮞ se

Ꮟ si

Ꮠ so

Ꮡ su

Ꮢ sv

Ꮣ da

Ꮤ ta

Ꮥ de

Ꮦ te

Ꮧ di

Ꮨ ti

Ꮩ do

Ꮪ du

Ꮫ dv

Ꮬ dla

Ꮭ tla

Ꮮ tle

Ꮯ tli

Ꮰ tlo

Ꮱ tlu

Ꮲ tlv

Ꮳ tsa

Ꮴ tse

Ꮵ tsi

Ꮶ tso

Ꮷ tsu

Ꮸ tsv

Ꮹ wa

Ꮺ we

Ꮻ wi

Ꮼ wo

Ꮽ wu

Ꮾ wv

Ꮿ ya

Ᏸ ye

Ᏹ yi

Ᏺ yo

Ᏻ yu

Ᏼ yv

CHEROKEE SYLLABARY SONG

Cherokee Syllabary Song

covering the sounds of the Cherokee Syllabary, sung to the tune of “Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star”