Writing System
Cherokee is written in an 85-character syllabary invented by Sequoyah (also known as Guest or George Gist). Many of the letters resemble the Latin letters they derive from, but have completely different sound values; Sequoyah had seen English, Hebrew, and Greek writing but did not know how to read them.
Two other scripts used to write Cherokee are a simple Latin transliteration and a more precise system with diacritical marks.
Read more about this topic: Cherokee Language
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