ATLAS OF LANGUAGE

North America · ISO 639-3 chr · Glottocode cher1273

Cherokee

Cherokee tests a North American Iroquoian language with a distinct Cherokee script assignment.

Language family
Iroquoian
Likely script
Cherokee (Cher)
Source status
shifting
Macroarea
North America
Source country codes
US
Reference point
35.466, -83.163

Open research question

How can present-day script use and language transmission be documented with community-proximate sources?

This question is an assignment for later subject and community-proximate source review, not a claim about a uniform cultural worldview.

Scholarly boundary

The map point is a Glottolog reference point, not a language-area boundary. The script field is a likely Unicode CLDR assignment, not a complete history of orthography. Information on endangerment and countries follows the linked source data and does not replace current local assessment.