Re: Cherokee vocabulary/grammar

Dave Cochran (cochran@dg-rtp.dg.com)
Thu, 26 May 1994 13:50:46 EDT

| Greetings. My wife is an unregistered Cherokee and would like to learn her
| language. Could anyone please direct me to a grammar and vocabulary
| suitable for a beginner? I have followed the discussion on multimedia with
| some interest. I do not have multimedia capabilities, but would there be
| anything with audio tapes? I think that might facilitate the learning
| experience. Thank you in advance.

Hi,

I've just picked up a book that was recommended to me by a Cherokee woman
at a powwow that I recently attended. If you can get past the title, it's
a good book for a beginner. The title of the book is "How To Talk Trash
In Cherokee", English by Don Grooms, Cherokee by John Oocumma.

By "talk trash" they mean learning some common words and phrases, how to ask
some basic questions, etc. I've found it to be very useful. It's a primer
that teaches by using humor, and it's full of amusing stuff (one chapter is
entitled "How To Pick A Fight In Cherokee", and teaches you how to say,
"I'm sorry you broke your hand on me").

Write to:

Downhome Publishing Company
1618 NW 6th Avenue
Gainesville, FL 32603

or

Rt. 1, Box 109
Cherokee, NC 28719

Enjoy!
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