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Sequoyah

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Also known as Ssiquoya, George Gist, George Guess

inventeur du syllabaire cherokee

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Sequoyah (1770–1843) was a male inventor, silversmith, linguist, and blacksmith who held United States citizenship. His primary field of work involved linguistics and the development of the Cherokee syllabary. He spoke Cherokee as his native language and resided in Alabama, Pope County, Fort Smith, and Mexico. His name in the Cherokee language is written as ᏍᏏᏉᏯ.

Sequoyah is credited with the creation of the Cherokee alphabet. He died on August 1, 1843, in Zaragoza Municipality.

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Person.native_name
/
Person.native_name_lang
Cherokee
Person.image
Henry Inman - Sequoyah - Google Art Project.jpg
Person.caption
Portrait of Sequoyah by Henry Inman
Person.birth_date
1770
Person.birth_place
Tuskegee, Cherokee Nation(part of modern-day Monroe County, Tennessee)
Person.death_place
San Fernando de Rosa, Coahuila, Mexico(near present-day Zaragoza, Coahuila, Mexico)
Person.other_names
George Guess, George Gist
Person.children
2

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Gender
male
Citizenship
United States
Place of death
Zaragoza Municipality
Occupation
trader
Languages spoken
Cherokee
Native language
Cherokee
Field of work
linguistics
Image
Sequoyah.jpg
Residence
Mexico
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Commons category
Sequoyah
date of death
1843-08-01
date of birth
1770-00-00
name in native language
ᏍᏏᏉᏯ
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Article · Français

Sequoyah (en cherokee : ᏍᏏᏉᏯ, Ssiquoya), également connu sous le nom anglais de George Guess, Guest ou Gist, né vers 1770 et mort en juillet ou août 1843, est un orfèvre cherokee et l'inventeur du syllabaire cherokee. Il achève la création de son syllabaire en 1821, rendant possible la transmission écrite de la langue cherokee. Il est l'un des rares exemples connus de personne issue d'un peuple pré-alphabétisé ayant créé par elle-même un système d'écriture original et fonctionnel. La (en) commence rapidement à utiliser le syllabaire, qu'elle adopte officiellement en 1825. En l'espace de cinq ans, le taux d'alphabétisation des Cherokees dépasse celui des colons européens voisins.

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