Listening Playlists

Below you will find video playlists of spoken Cherokee, along with syllabary and phonetics.

Conversational Cherokee spoken by Willard Walker

In 1966, Willard Walker worked with the Cross-Cultural Education Project of the University of Chicago to create learning materials for Cherokee. Sam Hair recorded the audio. The text and audio have been put together to provide excellent listening for learners of all levels.


Wesley Proctor Speaking spoken by Wesley Proctor

Wesley Proctor worked hard to help save the Cherokee language. He made these recordings in 1979.

Cherokee Stories spoken by Sam Hair

These stories were written down by Rev. Watt Spade and Willard Walker in 1966 for the Carnegie Cross-Cultural Education Project of the University of Chicago. The speaker is Sam Hair.