ᏣᎳᎩ / Cherokee Lessons and Dictionary

[ILuvEire]

Does anyone here speak Cherokee? I'd really like to learn it, but I don't have any resources.

On a scale of one to ten, how hard is it to learn?

[Jalethon]

[la] Formiko eam linguam loqui potest.

[en] Formiko speaks Cherokee.

[Formiko]

Does anyone here speak Cherokee? I'd really like to learn it, but I don't have any resources.

On a scale of one to ten, how hard is it to learn?

I just noticed this. I speak Cherokee, and yes, it's rather difficult. What questions do you have?

[eskandar]

Just came across a good resource for learning Cherokee. Enjoy!

[ILuvEire]

Just came across a good resource for learning Cherokee. Enjoy!

Oh! Thank you! That's awesome.

[ILuvEire]

Coupla questions:

1. Beginner Cherokee says that "how are you" is "dtohi:'tsu?" How would I pronounce "dt"? I've been just saying [t]. So [to'hiːtʃuʔ], perhaps?

2. Is there a half way decent romanization for Cherokee? "Gv:-na a?-wa-du'-li" looks so ugly! I made something up for myself, it'd be "gvvnv'wadúli" which looks nicer. And if you're curious...v:v' gv:-na a?-wa-du'-li. Or maybe, vvV gvvnv'wadúli.

3. Can a word actually be stressed in three places? Dódadagóhví...is that even pronounceable?!

Nvwadohiyada! (I can't remember where the stress goes in there).

[Bubulus]

On a scale of one to ten, how hard is it to learn?

I just noticed this. I speak Cherokee, and yes, it's rather difficult.

It's a non-European, polysynthetic language. What were you expecting?

[ILuvEire]

On a scale of one to ten, how hard is it to learn?

I just noticed this. I speak Cherokee, and yes, it's rather difficult.

It's a non-European, polysynthetic language. What were you expecting?

Lol! At that time...probably something as hard as Japanese.

But, actually I don't think that it's awfully hard. There's no grammatical gender. Plus is sounds pretty. And I love the word for numbers, ᎠᏎᏍᏗ asēsdí, or they-have-been-counted. Haha.

[Formiko]

But, actually I don't think that it's awfully hard. There's no grammatical gender. Plus is sounds pretty. And I love the word for numbers, ᎠᏎᏍᏗ asēsdí, or they-have-been-counted. Haha.

Back to some earlier questions. The stress is usually on the first or second syllable.
And since Cherokee has pitch, a word can have two stresses.

dtohi:'tsu is pronounced dohíju ᏙᎯᏧ
Ruth Holmes has a terrible romanization, and that book was written 35 yeasr ago!

Dódadagóhví is actually dódada góhv
ᏙᏓᏓᎪᎲ

[Sean of the Dead]

I have a question, how is tone marked, or is it not?

[ILuvEire]

I have a question, how is tone marked, or is it not?

In the syllabalry? It ain't.

In romanization, it's only marked if there's a minimal pair.

[ᏩᏯᏩᏯ]

Reinventing the wheel may not be a good idea....

glossword
new-words
UniDict
XDXF XML Dictionary Exchange Format
Freshmeat Search

Glossword looks interesting, hopefully it also meshes with XDXF for ability to share work with others.
Thoughts?

[Formiko]

Glossword looks nice. Do you want me to install it on my web server?

[ᏩᏯᏩᏯ]

Glossword looks nice. Do you want me to install it on my web server?

Sounds fine to me, Mol?

[Mol_Bolom]

Perhaps, but I'm still fairly skeptical of using any xml format for a dictionary. The next few days I'll do some reading and searching to see if there are any differences between xml and a basic database.

Also, for the past few hours I've been researching mysql, check out ~/Dropbox/Mol_Bolom/mysqlcc.png. It is a picture of what I've done so far.

So far, that one record I have could look like this using some kind of reports/querry/etc.

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-won-
   -wonihis-   v.   Speak
      gawoniha   ᎦᏬᏂᎭ
         He is speaking
      tsiwoniha   ᏥᏬᏂᎭ
      uwonisvi   ᎤᏬᏂᏒᎢ
      gawonisgoi   ᎦᏬᏂᏍᎪᎢ
      hiwonihi   ᎯᏬᏂᎯ
      uwonihisdi   ᎤᏬᏂᎯᏍᏗ

      Notes:

      Examples:   ᏆᎳ ᎦᏬᏂ, ᎠᎴᏃ ᎾᎩᏬᏂᏒᎢ.  Paul is speaking, and I had already spoken.


But this would be inconsequential since any dictionary could be like this.

(Oh, also, this idea isn't exactly for creating an online dictionary. I'm more interested in it being best suited for a book, or for whatever reason someone may want a dictionary like this).

For the temporary database I created, I used all TEXTs. So until I know the difference between all the others, BLOB, TINYTEXT, etc that's what I'll use for the moment.

Anyway, I'll try to remember to check into xml vs. database structures...

[Formiko]

Perhaps, but I'm still fairly skeptical of using any xml format for a dictionary. The next few days I'll do some reading and searching to see if there are any differences between xml and a basic database..

I agree, XML is clumsy.

[ᏩᏯᏩᏯ]

Perhaps, but I'm still fairly skeptical of using any xml format for a dictionary. The next few days I'll do some reading and searching to see if there are any differences between xml and a basic database..

I agree, XML is clumsy.

Indeed XML is horrible for direct use for such a thing. I believe however, that is on an import export option, and that the backend is actually a MySQL database, inside a Joomla web-page as a dictionary plugin. I would prefer a) not to reinvent the wheel (this is from experience as a sysadmin), b) multi-user concurrent access type system.

If Formiko sets it up Glossword, we can poke at it and see if we can bend it easily to our needs. So long as the DB can be exported in a consistent and easy fashion, conversion to book form should be pretty simple for me. It wouldn't be the first time I took MySQL db and dumped into LyX format for conversion into nice hyperreffed book. And storing in Glossword may allow us option of putting the audio samples in as well either via embedded link or embedded blob.

Also, if this is your first experience with SQL, I recommend that you see if you can find a cheap copy of a used mysql+php5 book off of amazon before delving int too deep. Database normalization is a definate must. And, as this type of DB may have differing needs for each entry (verb, noun, adjective, etc), using fixed columns will very soon turn into a nightmare. You need to use what is called a "key/value" database type setup to be able to store variably structured data.

[ᏩᏯᏩᏯ]

Perhaps, but I'm still fairly skeptical of using any xml format for a dictionary. The next few days I'll do some reading and searching to see if there are any differences between xml and a basic database.

The difference are more than just a few.

XML is merely for data representation/storage, not for relational manipulation/query.

Also, for the past few hours I've been researching mysql, check out ~/Dropbox/Mol_Bolom/mysqlcc.png. It is a picture of what I've done so far.

Very good.

So far, that one record I have could look like this using some kind of reports/querry/etc.

Code: Select all

-won-
   -wonihis-   v.   Speak
      gawoniha   ᎦᏬᏂᎭ
         He is speaking
      tsiwoniha   ᏥᏬᏂᎭ
      uwonisvi   ᎤᏬᏂᏒᎢ
      gawonisgoi   ᎦᏬᏂᏍᎪᎢ
      hiwonihi   ᎯᏬᏂᎯ
      uwonihisdi   ᎤᏬᏂᎯᏍᏗ

      Notes:

      Examples:   ᏆᎳ ᎦᏬᏂ, ᎠᎴᏃ ᎾᎩᏬᏂᏒᎢ.  Paul is speaking, and I had already spoken.


But this would be inconsequential since any dictionary could be like this.

(Oh, also, this idea isn't exactly for creating an online dictionary. I'm more interested in it being best suited for a book, or for whatever reason someone may want a dictionary like this).

If we have an online dictionary, that can be dumped into a PDF/book form, we can have multiple authors helping simultaneously. From anywhere.

For the temporary database I created, I used all TEXTs. So until I know the difference between all the others, BLOB, TINYTEXT, etc that's what I'll use for the moment.

Anyway, I'll try to remember to check into xml vs. database structures...

TEXTs is the correct datatype to use. Just have to be careful over "collation/sort order".

[ᏩᏯᏩᏯ]

Does anyone here speak Cherokee? I'd really like to learn it, but I don't have any resources.

Try here for resources:

http://www.unilang.org/viewtopic.php?f=99&t=27425&p=615095&hilit=cherokee+cherokee+revision+2.10#p615095

[ᏩᏯᏩᏯ]

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