Iroquoian family
Cherokee
1500 CE – today Living
Cherokee (1500 CE – today) is a living Iroquoian language. Lineage: Proto-Iroquoian → Cherokee.
See Cherokee on the interactive map- Speakers
- 2K (2,000)
- ISO 639-3
- chr
- Glottocode
- cher1273
The only Southern Iroquoian language. Written in Sequoyah's syllabary since 1821.
Lineage
- Proto-Iroquoianc. 2,000 BCE – 1,500 BCE
- Cherokee1500 CE – today
Sister languages 1
Also descended from Proto-Iroquoian.