id: "Cher"
name: "Cherokee"
family: "American"
summary: "Cherokee (<span class=\'autonym\'>ᏣᎳᎩ</span>) is an American bicameral syllabary, written left-to-right. Used in the United States for the Cherokee language (12,000 speakers). Created in 1821 by Sequoyah (also known as George Guess), when it achieved instant popularity. By 1824 most Cherokee were literate in the script. Uses 85 letters."
