I suppose we can always study the invention of the Cherokee alphabet

[conuly]

That's actually fairly interesting.

Took a look at the Wikipedia entry for the Cherokee language. That's going to be one steep crash course in comparative grammar! If the girls learn Cherokee, they can pretty much learn any language through sheer force of will, I'm thinking!

There seem to be comparatively few publicly available study materials, though. It would be nice if we could have a simple collection of, I don't know, children's stories or a webcomic or something for vocabulary practice in between the end of the spring term and the start of the next one. But probably I'm putting the cart before the horse here. (Well, there are only about, what, 15,000 native speakers? And from what I read, their immersion school is pretty new as well, so they're still developing their own materials for their own kids.)

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[redbird]

Reading your previous post, I had thought of the invention of the Cherokee alphabet/syllabary, and how fast literacy spread through the population, as a good bit of history to teach the girls.

[conuly]

It certainly is less tear inducing than, well...

Cherokee language

[ksol1460.livejournal.com]

The official tribal website certainly does offer Tsalagi language lessons online,
http://www.cherokee.org/AboutTheNation/Language/OnlineLanguageClasses.aspx

http://cherokeepreservation.org/what-we-do/cultural-preservation/cherokee-language/

I remember NativeVoice1 used to play kids' records in Tsalagi, and probably still does. They had one where the whole syllabet was sung to the ABC song.

OMG I found it!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=weS50svvpqg

Tsalagi Word of the Week:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bzAPC5ig5js&list=PLLAaEbcbNmakT3cHPYMkcA4ORnt10_xwg

So, these might be helpful. Good luck!