a, as a in father, or short as a in rival	o, as o in note, approaching aw in law
e, as a in hate, or short as e in met	u, as oo in fool, or short as u in pull
i, as i in pique, or short as i in pit	v, as u in but, nasalized

hello	o si yo	o si yo
thank you	wa do	wa do
Cherokee	Tsa la gi	Tsa la gi
one	sa quu i	sa  wu
two	ta li	ta li
three	tso i	tso i
four	nv gi	nv gi
five	hi s gi	hi s gi
six	su da li	su da li
seven	ga li quo gi	ga li quo gi
eight	tsu ne la	tsu ne la
nine	so ne la	so ne la
ten	s go hi	s go hi
(my) mother	e tsi	a gi tsi
(my) father	e do da	a gi do da
(my) grandmother	e li si	a gi li si
(my) grandfather	e du da	a gi du da
(my) sister	u do	u do
(my) brother	tso s da da nv tli	a gi do i
(my) home	o we nv sv	di que nv sv
food	a li s da yu nv di	a li s da yu nv di
deer	a wi	a hwi
owl	u gu gu	u gu gu
hawk	ta wo da	ta wo da
turkey	gv ni	gv na
horse	so qui li	so qui li
tree	i tlv gv	tlu ku (gv)
fire	a tsi la	a tsi la
mountain	o da lv	o da lv
river	e quo ni	e quo ni
lake	v da li	v da li
sky	ga lv lo i	ga lv lo i
husband	a s ga ya - a ni ne la	a s ga ya - a ni ne la
wife	u da li i	a g s ta yv hv s gi
love (I love you)	gv ge yv hi	gv ge yv hi
wed(marriage)	tsv da da tsv s to di	tsv da da tsv s to di