NKo is a Unicode block containing characters for the Manding languages of West Africa, including Bamanan, Jula, Maninka, Mandinka, and a common literary language, Kangbe, also called N'Ko.

N'Ko is both a script devised by Solomana Kante in 1949, as a writing system for the Manding languages of West Africa, and the name of the literary language itself written in the script. The term N'Ko means I say in all Manding languages.

The script has a few similarities to the Arabic script, notably its direction (right-to-left) and the connected letters. It obligatorily marks both tone and vowels.

Properties

Range 07C0–07FF
Characters 64

List of Characters

  • Digits

  • ߀
    Nko Digit Zero
  • ߁
    Nko Digit One
  • ߂
    Nko Digit Two
  • ߃
    Nko Digit Three
  • ߄
    Nko Digit Four
  • ߅
    Nko Digit Five
  • ߆
    Nko Digit Six
  • ߇
    Nko Digit Seven
  • ߈
    Nko Digit Eight
  • ߉
    Nko Digit Nine
  • Letters

  • ߊ
    Nko Letter A
  • ߋ
    Nko Letter Ee
  • ߌ
    Nko Letter I
  • ߍ
    Nko Letter E
  • ߎ
    Nko Letter U
  • ߏ
    Nko Letter Oo
  • ߐ
    Nko Letter O
  • ߑ
    Nko Letter Dagbasinna
  • ߒ
    Nko Letter N
  • ߓ
    Nko Letter Ba
  • ߔ
    Nko Letter Pa
  • ߕ
    Nko Letter Ta
  • ߖ
    Nko Letter Ja
  • ߗ
    Nko Letter Cha
  • ߘ
    Nko Letter Da
  • ߙ
    Nko Letter Ra
  • ߚ
    Nko Letter Rra
  • ߛ
    Nko Letter Sa
  • ߜ
    Nko Letter Gba
  • ߝ
    Nko Letter Fa
  • ߞ
    Nko Letter Ka
  • ߟ
    Nko Letter La
  • ߠ
    Nko Letter Na Woloso
  • ߡ
    Nko Letter Ma
  • ߢ
    Nko Letter Nya
  • ߣ
    Nko Letter Na
  • ߤ
    Nko Letter Ha
  • ߥ
    Nko Letter Wa
  • ߦ
    Nko Letter Ya
  • ߧ
    Nko Letter Nya Woloso
  • Archaic letters

  • ߨ
    Nko Letter Jona Ja
  • ߩ
    Nko Letter Jona Cha
  • ߪ
    Nko Letter Jona Ra
  • Tone marks

  • ߫
    Nko Combining Short High Tone
  • ߬
    Nko Combining Short Low Tone
  • ߭
    Nko Combining Short Rising Tone
  • ߮
    Nko Combining Long Descending Tone
  • ߯
    Nko Combining Long High Tone
  • ߰
    Nko Combining Long Low Tone
  • ߱
    Nko Combining Long Rising Tone
  • Other diacritics

  • ߲
    Nko Combining Nasalization Mark
  • ߳
    Nko Combining Double Dot Above
  • Tonal apostrophes

  • ߴ
    Nko High Tone Apostrophe
  • ߵ
    Nko Low Tone Apostrophe
  • Symbol

  • ߶
    Nko Symbol Oo Dennen
  • Punctuation

  • ߷
    Nko Symbol Gbakurunen
  • ߸
    Nko Comma
  • ߹
    Nko Exclamation Mark
  • Letter extender

  • ߺ
    Nko Lajanyalan
  • Not defined
  • Not defined
  • Abbreviation sign

  • ߽
    Nko Dantayalan
  • Currency symbols

  • ߾
    Nko Dorome Sign
  • ߿
    Nko Taman Sign

Table of Characters

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