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tsalagi

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
tsala-gi
IPA
8
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

The Cherokee language. English-language term borrowed from the endonym, instead of using the exonym Cherokee, which is borrowed from Creek.

Etymology

From Cherokee ᏣᎳᎩ (tsalagi), from ᏣᎳᎩ ᎦᏬᏂᎯᏍᏗ (tsalagi gawonihisdi).

Word Breakdown

Synonyms

Tsalagi language

Questions

What does tsalagi mean?
The Cherokee language. English-language term borrowed from the endonym, instead of using the exonym Cherokee, which is borrowed from Creek.
Where does tsalagi come from?
From Cherokee ᏣᎳᎩ (tsalagi), from ᏣᎳᎩ ᎦᏬᏂᎯᏍᏗ (tsalagi gawonihisdi).

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