Dialect comparison

Eastern Cherokee vs Western Cherokee

Compare two dialects of Cherokee side by side — where they're spoken, what they're called, and how they relate.

Eastern Cherokee

Kituwah · Tsalagi (Eastern Band)

The Cherokee of the Eastern Band in western North Carolina. Descended from the communities that escaped the 1838 Trail of Tears removal; spoken in the Qualla Boundary.

Approximate centre
35.47°, -83.32°
Western Cherokee

Otali · Cherokee Nation

The Cherokee of Oklahoma, descended from the communities forcibly removed from the Southeast in 1838. The basis of the modern Cherokee Nation's language programme and the Cherokee syllabary press.

Approximate centre
35.92°, -94.97°

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