Durbin Feeling

Durbin Feeling
ᏫᎵ ᏚᎥᎢᏅ
Durbin Feeling, 1964
Born(1946-04-02)April 2, 1946
Mayes County, Oklahoma, US
DiedAugust 19, 2020(2020-08-19) (aged 74)
Tahlequah, Oklahoma, US
OccupationsLinguist, educator

Durbin Duran Feeling (Cherokee: ᏫᎵ ᏚᎥᎢᏅ, romanized: Wili Duvinv; April 2, 1946 – August 19, 2020) was a Cherokee Nation linguist who wrote the primary Cherokee–English dictionary in 1975. He is considered the greatest modern contributor to the preservation of the endangered Cherokee language.

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