"In their present form, many of the syllabary characters resemble Roman, Cyrillic or Greek letters or Arabic numerals," says Janine Scancarelli, a scholar of Cherokee writing, "but there is no apparent relationship between their sounds in other languages and in Cherokee."
"Na súa forma actual, moitos dos caracteres do silabario semellan letras romanas, gregas, cirílicas ou numerais árabes", declarou Janine Scancarelli, un estudoso da escrita cherokee, "pero non existe relación aparente entre os sons con outras linguas e o cherokee".