Cherokee language: Difference between revisions

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Cherokee only has one labial consonant, being {{IPA|/m/}}, which is relatively new to the language, unless you count Cherokee <i>''w</i>'' as being labial instead of velar.

The following is Durbin Feeling's practical orthography for Cherokee, along with phonemic transcriptions. Please note that the letters ''k, hn, gw, kw, t, dl, tl, hw,'' and ''hy'' are not independent phonemes, but sequences of phonemes.

===Consonants===

* tg &nbsp;{{IPA|/tk/}}

* dk &nbsp;{{IPA|/dkh/}} {{IPA|[kʰ]}}

* kh &nbsp;{{IPA|/kh/}}

* gl &nbsp;{{IPA|/gl/}}

* ?hl &nbsp;{{IPA|/&#660;ɬ/}} ([[glottal stop]])

* lm &nbsp;{{IPA|/lm/}}

* tln &nbsp;{{IPA|/t&#620;n/}} ([[alveolar lateral affricate]])

* shn &nbsp;{{IPA|/shn/}}

* tsgw &nbsp;{{IPA|/&#676;kw/}} (English <i>j</i> in '<u>j</u>oke'){{IPA|[kʷ]}}

* ykw &nbsp;{{IPA|/jkwh/}}

* ws {{IPA|/&#624nbsp;/}} ([[velar approximant]]), or sometimes {{IPA|/ws/}}

* hd &nbsp;{{IPA|/ht/}}

* mt &nbsp;{{IPA|/mth/}} {{IPA|[tʰ]}}

* ndl &nbsp;{{IPA|/ntl/}} {{IPA|[tˡ]}}

* tl &nbsp;{{IPA|/tlh/}} {{IPA|[tˡʰ]}}

* j &nbsp;{{IPA|/ʦ/}} {{IPA|[ʦ, ʧ, ʤ]}}

* w &nbsp;{{IPA|/ɰ/}} (velar approximant), or sometimes {{IPA|/w/}}

* hw &nbsp;{{IPA|/hɰ/}}

* y &nbsp;{{IPA|/j/}}

* yh &nbsp;{{IPA|/hj/}}

* ʔ &nbsp;{{IPA|/ʔ/}}

===Vowels===

* a &nbsp;{{IPA|/a/}} or {{IPA|/&#601;/}}

* e &nbsp;{{IPA|/e/}} or {{IPA|/&#603;/}}

* i &nbsp;{{IPA|/i/}} or {{IPA|/&#618;/}}

* o &nbsp;{{IPA|/o/}} or {{IPA|/&#596;/}}

* u &nbsp;{{IPA|/u/}} or {{IPA|/&#650;/}}

* v &nbsp;{{IPA|/&#601;&#771;ə̃/}} (nasal [[schwa]])

===Diphthongs===

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Cherokee has only one diphthong native to the language:

* ai &nbsp;{{IPA|/ai/}}

An exception is the modern Oklahoma use of the word "automobil," with the {{IPA|/aw/}} sound and {{IPA|/b/}} sound of English.