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N'Ko script

N'Ko (ߒߞߏ), also spelled Nko, is an alphabetic script devised by Solomana Kanté in 1949, as a modern writing system for the Manding languages of West Africa. 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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Creator
Solomana Kanté
Direction
Right-to-left script
Languages
N'Ko, Manding languages (Mandingo, Maninka, Bambara, Dyula)
Period
1949–present
Script type
Alphabet
Unicode alias
NKo

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N'Ko script

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Edges66
Triples160
Avg. degree1.97
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related to General sources · 145
N'Ko script → Africa, African Language Studies, African Studies Association, African Studies Review, Ajami, All Those Who Say, Andrij, Archived, Arjuna Tuzzi, Artem, Authenticity, Authority, Baba Mamadi Diané, Bambara, Berlin, BMP, Bright, Christopher, Civic Refinement, Clear Language
Creator · 1
N'Ko script → Solomana Kanté
Direction · 1
N'Ko script → Right-to-left script
ISO 15924 · 1
N'Ko script → .mw-parser-output .monospaced{font-family:monospace,monospace}Nkoo (165), ​N’Ko
Languages · 1
N'Ko script → N'Ko, Manding languages (Mandingo, Maninka, Bambara, Dyula)
Period · 1
N'Ko script → 1949–present
Script type · 1
N'Ko script → Alphabet
Unicode alias · 1
N'Ko script → NKo
Unicode range · 1
N'Ko script → U+07C0–U+07FF

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nko script n'ko west languages africa unicode n’ko kanté manding guinea used letters maninka writing also doi alphabet african literacy

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N'Ko scriptCreatorSolomana Kanté1.00infobox
N'Ko scriptDirectionRight-to-left script1.00infobox
N'Ko scriptISO 15924.mw-parser-output .monospaced{font-family:monospace,monospace}Nkoo (165), ​N’Ko1.00infobox
N'Ko scriptLanguagesN'Ko, Manding languages (Mandingo, Maninka, Bambara, Dyula)1.00infobox
N'Ko scriptPeriod1949–present1.00infobox
N'Ko scriptScript typeAlphabet1.00infobox
N'Ko scriptUnicode aliasNKo1.00infobox
N'Ko scriptUnicode rangeU+07C0–U+07FF1.00infobox
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