N'Ko script
Alphabet for the Manding languages of West Africa / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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N'Ko (N'Ko: ߒߞߏ) 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 N'Ko, which means I say in all Manding languages, is also used for the Manding literary standard written in the N'Ko alphabet.
Alphabet for the Manding languages of West Africa
| N'Ko ߒߞߏ | |
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| Script type | |
| Creator | Solomana Kanté |
Time period | 1949–present |
| Direction | right-to-left script  |
| Languages | N'Ko, 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. | |
The alphabet has a few similarities to the Arabic script, notably its direction (right-to-left) and the letters which are connected at the base. Unlike Arabic, it is obligatory to mark both tone and vowels. N'Ko tones are marked as diacritics, in a similar manner to the marking of some vowels in Arabic.