ᏍᏏᏉᏯ (Ssiquoya)

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ᏍᏏᏉᏯ (Sequoyah) was a Cherokee polymath and silversmith renowned for developing the Cherokee syllabary, a writing system that enabled widespread literacy among the Cherokee people.

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ᏍᏏᏉᏯ (Ssiquoya) canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf human
linguist
polymath
silversmith
associatedWith Cherokee Nation West
Cherokee cultural revival
citizenship Cherokee Nation
contributedTo standardization of written Cherokee
created Cherokee syllabary
culturalHeritage Native American
linked to: Native Americans
ethnicity Cherokee
fieldOfWork craftsmanship
linguistics
writing systems
hasWork Cherokee syllabary
influenced Cherokee literacy
linked to: Cherokee syllabary

preservation of Cherokee language
knownAs Ssiquoya
language Cherokee
languageOfWorkOrName Cherokee
legacy model for indigenous writing system development
name George Guess
Sequoyah
ᏍᏏᏉᏯ
notableFor development of the Cherokee syllabary
occupation silversmith
soldier
statesman
significantEvent creation of a writing system that enabled widespread literacy among the Cherokee people

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Cherokee syllabary creatorNameInCherokee ᏍᏏᏉᏯ (Ssiquoya)