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The Woodland Band of Cherokee Indians
A Band of Cherokee Decendants sharing cultural elements.
This is becoming a bit of a habit, us meeting like this. But if you are reading this you really want to Learn the ways of the Cherokee
The Cherokee language has three principal dialects:
Elatĭ, or Lower, spoken on the heads of Savannah River, in South Carolina and Georgia.The lower dialect was the only one which had the r sound, and is now extinct. The upper dialect is that which has been exclusively used in the native literature of the tribe, the R sound is form its Creek influence.
Middle, spoken chiefly on the waters of Tuckasegee River, in western North Carolina, and now the prevailing dialect on the Eastern Band Cherokee reservation in NC.
A'tŭli, Mountain or Upper, spoken throughout most of upper Georgia, east Tennessee, and extreme western North Carolina.
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