N'Ko script
Alphabet for the Manding languages of West Africa / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Not to be confused with N'Ko language.
NKo (ߒߞߏ), also spelled N'Ko, is an alphabetic script devised by Solomana Kanté in 1949, as a modern writing system for the Manding languages of West Africa.[1][2] The term NKo, which means I say in all Manding languages, is also used for the Manding literary standard written in the NKo script.
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NKo ߒߞߏ | |
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Script type | |
Creator | Solomana Kanté |
Time period | 1949–present |
Direction | Right-to-left script |
Languages | NKo, Manding languages (Mandingo, Maninka, Bambara, Dyula) |
ISO 15924 | |
ISO 15924 | Nkoo (165), N’Ko |
Unicode | |
Unicode alias | NKo |
U+07C0–U+07FF | |
This article contains phonetic transcriptions in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA). For an introductory guide on IPA symbols, see Help:IPA. For the distinction between [ ], / / and ⟨ ⟩, see IPA § Brackets and transcription delimiters. |
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The script has a few similarities to the Arabic script, notably its direction (right-to-left) and the letters that are connected at the base. Unlike Arabic, it is obligatory to mark both tone and vowels. NKo tones are marked as diacritics.