The syllabary comprised 90 to 114 unique signs, with variants indicating its use in both a formal monumental style and a more casual linear style. Dunand hypothesized that the inscriptions represented ...

MIKE to APRIL SUMMITT: So now he has an alphabet, basically, a syllabary that represents the language in written form, but he has to prove it. He’s the only one who knows it.

Provided by Sequoyah in 1821, the Syllabary was adopted by the Cherokee Nation as its official written system on Oct. 15, 1825. It consists of 86 characters.

By 1830, ninety percent of the Cherokee were already literate, which was a resounding success for the creator of the syllabary, as that percentage far exceeded that of the literate white settlers.

In the number and forms of its characters, the printed Cherokee syllabary is virtually the same today as it was in 1828. Before 1828 the characters underwent dramatic changes, which have been ...

Charlie Rhodarmer talked about how and why Sequoyah created his own writing system for the Cherokees called a syllabary, which is a series of symbols that represent sounds. He was interviewed at ...

Journal of the American Oriental Society, Vol. 116, No. 3 (Jul. - Sep., 1996), pp. 453-474 (22 pages) The texts presented here belong to a category of syllabary texts in which Syllabary A signs are ...

At left, a sample of the baybayin syllabary from an ancient legal document at the UST Archives. “DOCTRINA Christiana,” printed by the Dominicans in 1593, contains the ancient Philippine alphabet.

DARIEN | Printing in the Cherokee language is not as easy as ABC, book artist Frank Brannon has found. Brannon, who is serving a short residency at Ashantilly Center, is helping to preserve the Che… ...

2. Baybayin has been the inspiration for a dance, called Sayaw Baybayin (Sabai) or Baybayin Dance, and a form of local martial art, Baybayin ng Silangan (Bangsi). The Baybayin Dance. Movement is based ...