An introduction to the Cherokee language, with emphasis on Cherokee culture and history, grammar, vocabulary, and conversational and comprehension skills. The focus is on the use of visual and audio materials, communicative activities, and interaction with Cherokee speakers and community members.

Intermediate Cherokee

Students continue to expand their knowledge of the Cherokee language through the use of visual and audio materials, as well as various communicative activities. The goals and objectives of this course include transcribing from Cherokee syllabary to phonetics, conjugating simple verbs in the progressive past, present, habitual, and progressive future, and reading and comprehending levels of text written between novice low to intermediate low in the Cherokee syllabary and phonetics.

For class times and locations, please see the Schedule page.