John Standingdeer said, "If we Cherokee people have spoken this language for thousands of years, there has to be a pattern, and it has to be simple and easy." He found the pattern that underlies each long Cherokee word, the words that are like a whole sentence in English.
This method for learning Cherokee language is not like any other method. It shows you how to break the words apart in a simple, logical, consistent way that can be learned without huge amounts of rote memorization. It also shows you the meanings of the parts of the words--who's doing the action, when it's happening, and so on. And this method can show you the connection between words.
This website provides a Dictionary, a new program called "Make a Word," and online courses with the method as it is currently being taught at the University of North Carolina at Asheville.
“Make a Word” is a fun interface that allows you to put together parts of a Cherokee word to create one Cherokee word that is equal to a complete English sentence.
The dictionary includes more than 80,000 words that you can search for in English, Cherokee phonetics, and Cherokee syllabary.
Online courses introduce you to this method step by step, and you can learn at your own pace.