N'Ko script

E150322

alphabet writing system

N'Ko script is an indigenous alphabetic writing system created in 1949 by Solomana Kante for Manding languages of West Africa, such as Mandinka, Bambara, and Dyula.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
N’Ko script	6
N'Ko script canonical	2
N'Ko	1
Nkoo	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	alphabet ⓘ writing system ⓘ
associatedMovement	Manding cultural revival ⓘ
creator	Solomana Kante ⓘ
designedForLanguageFamily	Mande languages ⓘ
direction	right-to-left ⓘ
hasAbbreviationMeaning	"N'Ko" means "I say" in Manding ⓘ
hasApproximateLetterCount	27 ⓘ
hasCaseDistinction	no case distinction ⓘ
hasCommunity	Manding-speaking communities ⓘ
hasDigitalSupport	supported in modern operating systems ⓘ supported in modern web browsers ⓘ
hasEncodingStandard	Unicode ⓘ
hasFeature	numeric digits ⓘ punctuation marks ⓘ tone marks ⓘ vowel diacritics ⓘ
hasNumericSystem	decimal ⓘ
hasUse	education ⓘ literature ⓘ newspapers ⓘ religious texts ⓘ
hasWritingDirection	cursive ⓘ
inception	1949 ⓘ
ISO15924Code	N'Ko script self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Nkoo
ISO15924Number	165 ⓘ
originallyDevelopedIn	Guinea ⓘ
primaryUsage	Mande languages ⓘ surface form: Manding languages
purposeOfCreation	to promote literacy in Manding languages ⓘ to provide a unified script for Manding languages ⓘ
scriptFamily	indigenous African script ⓘ
transliterationName	N'Ko script self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: N'Ko
unicodeBlockName	NKo ⓘ
unicodeBlockRange	U+07C0–U+07FF ⓘ
unicodeScriptCode	Nko ⓘ
unicodeStandardVersionIntroduced	Unicode 5.0 ⓘ
usedForLanguage	Bambara ⓘ Dyula ⓘ Mandinka ⓘ
usedInCountry	Burkina Faso ⓘ Côte d'Ivoire ⓘ Guinea ⓘ Mali ⓘ Senegal ⓘ
usedInRegion	West Africa ⓘ
writingSystemStatus	living script ⓘ
writingSystemType	alphabetic ⓘ