N’ko

Also known as NKo alphabet, NKo script, N'Ko alphabet, N'Ko script, Nkoo

alphabetic script initially created by Solomana Kante in 1949 as a transcription system for Manding languages in Western Africa, now designed and developed to become a pan-African script covering their phonology

Key facts

Script type: Alphabet
Creator: Solomana Kanté
Period: 1949–present
Direction: Right-to-left script
Languages: N'Ko , Manding languages ( Mandingo , Maninka , Bambara , Dyula )
Iso 15924: Nkoo (165) , N’Ko
Unicode alias: NKo
Unicode range: U+07C0–U+07FF

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Image: Online N'ko classroom via WhatsApp.jpg

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Article

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.

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.