ISSN: 0022-1198
CODEN: JFSCA
Page Count: 8

The Cherokee Syllabary
Ramsey, SL
Special Agent, Forensic Document Examiner, Office of the Attorney General, AZ

(Received 21 July 1993; accepted 1 December 1993)

Abstract

In order to recognize and correctly evaluate basic letter forms regarding their rarity, or general character, forensic document examiners are expected to have a ready reference file of the various systems of writing used in the United States during the last 100 years [1]. However, one system of writing appears to have been omitted from the reference/study materials. This paper provides information on that system of American writing known as the “Cherokee Alphabet,” which is still in use today.

Keywords:
questioned documents, Cherokee, syllabary

Paper ID: JFS13682J
DOI: 10.1520/JFS13682J
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