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Cherokee Nation creates syllabary keypad
Written by GARY FIFE
March 1, 2010

In an ongoing effort to strengthen the use of the Cherokee language, the Cherokee Nation has developed a unique keypad that allows the user to more easily type in the Cherokee syllabary.

“The creation of this keypad has helped us leap forward in the teaching of Cherokee,” said Dr. Neil Morton, Group Leader for Education Services for the Cherokee Nation. “Before we were only able to utilize the print media, but now our students have computers for homework, messages and more where they can actually type and text in the Cherokee language.”

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