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Beginning Cherokee

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ISBN-10: 0806114630

ISBN-13: 9780806114637

Edition: 2nd

Authors: Ruth Bradley Holmes, Betty Sharp Smith

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Description:

This book, the first of its kind, teaches the rudiments of Cherokee, which is the native tongue of about 20,000 Americans, although most of those who speak it use it only as a second language. Cherokee has had several recognized dialects in the past. The two main dialects today are the North Carolina, spoken on the Qualla Reservation by about 3,000 persons, and the Oklahoma, or Western, which is a consensus of the different ways of speech among the Cherokees mingled there after their removal from the East in the 1830's. This book uses the Oklahoma dialect. Recent increased interest has created a demand for Amerindian language courses. Many Cherokees who ignored past opportunities to learn…    
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Book details

List price: $34.95
Edition: 2nd
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
Publication date: 1/15/1978
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 348
Size: 8.50" wide x 11.00" long x 0.72" tall
Weight: 1.782
Language: English