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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.
Eastern Cherokee
Also known as: 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.
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Frequently asked questions
What language is Eastern Cherokee?
Eastern Cherokee is a dialect of the Cherokee language.
Where is Eastern Cherokee spoken?
Eastern Cherokee is primarily spoken in United States.
Which region is Eastern Cherokee associated with?
Eastern Cherokee is part of the North America region on DialectAtlas.
Is Eastern Cherokee known by other names?
Yes — Eastern Cherokee is also referred to as Kituwah, Tsalagi (Eastern Band).
What are the other dialects of Cherokee?
Cherokee also includes Western Cherokee. Each variety has its own vocabulary, pronunciation, and cultural context.
Other Cherokee dialects
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The dialects of the US South, characterised by the Southern Vowel Shift, the pin-pen merger, and a distinct lexical tradition.
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The English of the Appalachian mountains across West Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee, and western North Carolina. Preserves several archaic Scotch-Irish features lost in other US varieties.
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A widespread English variety with a coherent grammatical system, including aspectual habitual "be" and the zero copula. Spoken across the African American community throughout the United States.
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A West Central German minority language maintained especially by Amish and Old Order Mennonite communities in Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, Ontario, and related settlements. Despite its name, it is Germanic rather than Dutch.
799 km away
An Eastern Algonquian language of the Lenape (Delaware), originally spoken around the lower Hudson, including present-day New York City. The last native-speaker community is the Delaware Nation at Moraviantown in south-western Ontario, where a single elderly first-language speaker was reported in the 2020s alongside a growing circle of second-language learners.
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The broad accent associated with national US broadcasting and most of the inland north and west. A reference point rather than a single regional variety.