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CPLX | on: Sequoyah’s syllabary created a written language for the Cherokee
In case anyone is curious: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cherokee_syllabary
paleotrope | parent | next
Amazing "By 1825, the majority of Cherokees could read and write in their newly developed orthography.[5]". It even has a reference so it must be true.
mcswell | root | parent | next
Around the same time, Christian missionaries introduced writing (using an adapted Latin alphabet) to Hawai`i. Within ten years nearly the entire population (I would guess with the exception of older people) was literate. Mark Twain remarked on Hawai`ian literacy a few decades later.
paleotrope | root | parent
Anyway I put in a request to get a copy at my local library so I will update here in a few months when I have a copy of the book.
tjmc | parent | next
Thank you. A big omission from the original article.
LargoLasskhyfv | parent
I prefer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cree_syllabics TBH.

They look like something right out of some Sci-Fi.