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Lesson 4 of 10

Counting to ten in Cherokee

One to ten, for prices, platforms, rooms and how many beers. Play the ten Cherokee words against the clock, with a note on how locals really use each one after every answer. All ten are written out below.

Saunooke Mill in Cherokee, North Carolina
Counting to ten
10 words Β· 20 seconds each Β· 8 of 10 to pass
What it meansHow to say it
Don McCulley, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

All 10 Cherokee phrases in this lesson

ᏌᏊSAH-kwoo
One
α”αŽ΅TAH-lee
Two
Ꮶ᎒JOH-ee
Three
α…αŽ©NUH-gee
Four
ᎯᏍᎩHEES-gee
Five
α‘α“αŽ΅soo-DAH-lee
Six
αŽ¦αŽ΅α‰αŽ©gah-lee-KWOH-gee
Seven

Seven is a sacred number in Cherokee tradition, for the seven clans.

ᏧᏁᎳjoo-NAY-lah
Eight
ᏐᏁᎳsoh-NAY-lah
Nine
ᏍαŽͺᎯSGOH-hee
Ten

Prices are in dollars, αŽ α•αŽΈ (ah-DAY-luh).

Where Cherokee is spoken

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