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by Ruth Bradley Holmes (Author), Betty Sharp Smith (Author)
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41 of 42 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars osdadv!, December 12, 2000
By Michael Polich (Norman, OK USA) - See all my reviews
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I began learning Cherokee with this book over a decade ago. Growing up in Illinois, I didn't have a Cherokee community around that I could learn from. Over the years this book has became absolutely invaluable to me. I have read almost all the Cherokee language books written, and this is definitely one of the best. When I finally did get to Oklahoma to work on my Master's, I was actually able to talk to Cherokees in Cherokee largely through the rules of grammar, sentence structure, etc. that this book taught me. I also learned the syllabary through this book. Well worth a look.
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28 of 29 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars great introduction to cherokee., December 3, 1998
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we use this book in my intro to cherokee class. i especially like the fact that it integrates the syllabary, as we do not yet do that in my class. however, it could use more exercises to check comprehension.
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20 of 20 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Absolutely the best resource of its type., April 29, 2002
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This is the best primer on both spoken and written Cherokee. There have been other attempts to write language instruction in Cherokee; all the others that I have seen are too complex...attempting to teach too much, too fast.
Cherokee is so unlike English, in terms of grammar and syntax, that learning the language is difficult; however, the difficulty is minimized by starting slowly and building vocabulary first. The optional accompanying cassettes should be a big help.
One caveat: this book teaches the dialect common in Oklahoma. Eastern Cherokee is slightly different, but if you learn the western dialect, folks in North Carolina will be able to understand you.
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5.0 out of 5 stars A Treasure
I taught my four children to read and speak Cherokee with this book. For years it was the only Cherokee resource we had, and we treasured it. Read more
Published 18 months ago by Rachel S. Robertson

1.0 out of 5 stars Perhaps best available but hardly worth the trouble!
I am a linguist and professional foreign language professor at the college level and I can tell you that learning with this text is extremely difficult at best. Read more
Published 20 months ago by M. Garren

3.0 out of 5 stars Begining Cherokee
I enjoyed this book up to chapter three where I threw up my hands and gave up on trying to learn the language. In my case it was a very confusing language to learn. Read more
Published 21 months ago by Floyd Lenhart

4.0 out of 5 stars Good Book but...
It is a good book but I wish it came with cds! Need to hear it sounded out to make it stick!
Published on January 6, 2007 by Timothy J. Lambert

3.0 out of 5 stars Informative but not terribly user-friendly
This book was actually purchased for my 9 year old daughter, who is enthralled with the Cherokees. It appears to be chock-full of information about the Cherokee language, however... Read more
Published on October 24, 2005 by Rebecca VanShoubrouek

4.0 out of 5 stars The best of the bunch
There are very few resources from which to learn Cherokee, and this is the best of the bunch. That being said, it is not perfect. Read more
Published on November 12, 2004 by pmegan

3.0 out of 5 stars Beggars can't be choosers
Of the limited selection of Cherokee language materials available, this is by far the best and most comprehensive. Read more
Published on September 15, 2003 by Tochiginoshugyosha

5.0 out of 5 stars Absolutely the best resource of its type.
This is the best primer on both spoken and written Cherokee. There have been other attempts to write language instruction in Cherokee; all the others that I have seen are too... Read more
Published on April 29, 2002

4.0 out of 5 stars Great Comprehensiveness...Comprehensive Greatness!
I am a Foreign Language Major in California. I bought this book awhile ago, and even though my Latin studies defer me from studying Cherokee, I've retained most of what I've... Read more
Published on March 1, 2000 by Tyson Taylor

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