We'll listen first as she talks about the Cherokee language.

我们先听她讲切诺基语。

One Cherokee scholar, Sequoyah, saw how important reading and writing was to the white man. He decided to make a written form of the spoken Cherokee language.

希考亚是一位切罗基学者，他看到了读和写对白人的重要性，于是决定为切罗基口语创造一种文字。

Then he took the 85 sounds that made up the Cherokee language. Using his own imagination and an English spelling book, Sequoyah invented a sign for each sound.

后来他采纳了组成切罗基语言的八十五个音。借助自己的创造力和一本英语拼写课本，希考亚为每一个音发明了一个符号。

Their " ancestors, " 4 the people who came before them, spoke this Cherokee language; unfortunately very few Cherokee children speak the language today.

他们的“祖先” ，4 在他们之前的人， 说的是这种切诺基语；不幸的是，今天很少有切诺基儿童会说这种语言。

We're going to listen first to her speak a little Cherokee, so what you're going to hear in the beginning of this quote is someone speaking the Cherokee language.

我们要先听她说一点切诺基语，所以你在这句话的开头会听到有人说切诺基语。