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Originally Posted by TonyFlyingSquirrel

I started my Cherokee Language class last week & have my 2nd lesson tonite. It's way harder than you think, because you first have to gain an understanding of phonetic structure & emphatic tones in order to know how to speak phrases within context.

Man that's awesomely cool

It makes me so happy to hear that your learning your ancestral language. I'm 1/2 Scottish and I have a cousin in Scotland who, like everyone there, grew up with his school teachers beating him for speaking his own language - Scots - instead of pure English. Destroying language is a well established tool of oppression and colonialism, and sucks. Anyway now my cousin is a professional Scots scholar, poet, and author and his work is used in Scottish schools.

All the best with your Cherokee studies