Cherokee Syllabary Sounds Represented by Vowels | a, as a father, or short as in a rival e, as a in mate, or short as e in met i, as i in picture, or short as i in pit | o, as o in note, approaching aw in law u, as oo in fool, or short as u in put v, as u in but, nasalized | Consonant Sounds | g nearly as in English, but approaching to k. d nearly as in English but approaching to t. h, k, l, m, n, q, s, t, w, y, as in English. *** Syllables beginning with g except (ga) have sometimes the power of k. *** (go), (du), (dv) are sometimes sounded to, tu, tv and syllables written with tl except (tla) sometimes vary to dl. | |