Learn Cherokee Syllabary

Lily L

About this app

Learn all 86 symbols in Sequoyah's Cherokee Syllabary by learning to handwrite each, row by row.

This app features:

1) A learning functionality where you trace each symbol in the syllabary
2) A practice portion where you must recall the symbol given the sound it represents, and draw it
3) A reading practice section where you are given a symbol and must type out its sound it Latin characters

This is a self-guided app which features a self-rating system where you judge yourself based on how accurate your handwritten symbols are. At the end of every practice session you receive a report of the symbols you always recalled correctly as well as the ones that you missed.

Ratings and reviews

I am very much enjoying this app. It's easy to use and approaches learning the syllables from three different angles, which, for me, makes retaining the knowledge a lot easier. The only thing that would make this better would be a dark mode option. It's very bright, and even with the brightness turned down, it can be a little hard on the eyes after a while. Still 5 stars though!

This app needs some work. Especially in the tracing and pronunciation chapters, your app can benefit from a little more work (such as pre-recorded sounds for each letter).

I did pretty good on the practice reading part of the test, since i know a lot of the letters from the cherokee syllabary, but i did get some wrong especially the letters that aren't used very often.

What’s new

Learn all 86 symbols in Sequoyah's Cherokee Syllabary by learning to handwrite each, row by row.