Sequoya's Original Erate Syllabary Ornate - Lower Dialect, Southern Dialect, or Mountain Dialect
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Monday, June 8, 2026, 8:00 am
The Original Syllabary is nothing like the Block Syllabary used today. Today, modern Cherokee replaces the "R" sound in place of the "L"
The Block Print Syllabary does not use all of the Erate Syllabary letters because they were seldom used.
The usage of all of the Erate Syllabary symbols is typically used in the old Priestly dialects used when the LAWS were Read at Ceremonies and in the Ceremonies themselves when the rights and rituals were observed.
To be historically accurate, Sequoya did not invent the syllabary, a form of the syllabary had existed on treaties and other governmental documents for at least 100 years before Sequoya. Sequoya was the one who took the symbols and put them together with the sounds of the language and developed a written language of sounds and symbols.
Today, few people if any can understand a speaker who can speak in the traditional Erate language because it is so different than modern Cherokee.
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