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Cherokee who created a notation for writing the Cherokee language (1770-1843)

Sequoyah [Sequoyah] (also Sequoya)

(c. 1765–1843) a ↑Cherokee Native American who created an alphabet of 86 syllables for his people’s language in the early 19th century. He is the only person known to have invented a whole alphabet. The Cherokees used it to communicate in writing, and he also recorded their history. Sequoyah had a Cherokee mother and European father. The ↑sequoia tree is named after him.

See also ↑redwood