k-mktr/

cherokee_new_testament_1860_chr

	Cherokee New Testament (1860) with Sequoyah Syllabary




	


	Description

The New Testament in the Cherokee language, translated by the American Baptist Missionary Board and published in 1860. The text is written in the Sequoyah syllabary (Tsalagi Gawonihisdi), the Cherokee writing system invented by Sequoyah in the early 1820s. A historically important document of Cherokee literacy and Christian mission history. Note: Contains the New Testament only. Source: CrossWire… See the full description on the dataset page: https://huggingface.co/datasets/k-mktr/cherokee_new_testament_1860_chr.