Saving the language of the Cherokee (fwd link)

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Saving the language of the Cherokee

By Rob Reynolds in Americas
on May 15th, 2010

At a primary school in Tahlequah, Oklahoma, the Cherokee Native American
nation is fighting hard to keep its ancestral language alive for a new
generation.

It is a total immersion programme, with all lessons taught in Cherokee.

Children read and write the language, using a syllabary developed by a
self-taught genius named Sequoyah, who brought literacy to the Cherokee in
the 19th century.

And a 21st century tool is helping the language of Sequoyah survive: the
Askongodeesk—or as we say in English, the laptop computer.

Access full article below:
http://blogs.aljazeera.net/americas/2010/05/14/saving-language-cherokee
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