N'Ko script

E150322

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.

All labels observed (8)

Label Occurrences
N’Ko script 9
N'Ko script canonical 2
N'Ko 1

How this entity was disambiguated

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 Nkoo ⓘ
linked to: N'Ko script
ISO15924Number 165 ⓘ
originallyDevelopedIn Guinea ⓘ
primaryUsage Manding languages ⓘ
linked to: Mande languages
purposeOfCreation to promote literacy in Manding languages ⓘ
to provide a unified script for Manding languages ⓘ
scriptFamily indigenous African script ⓘ
transliterationName N'Ko ⓘ
linked to: N'Ko script
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 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (17)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Mandinka → writingSystem → N'Ko script ⓘ
Bambara → writingSystem → N’Ko script ⓘ
linked to: N'Ko script
Mande languages → writingSystemUsed → N’Ko script ⓘ
linked to: N'Ko script
Bamanankan → writingSystem → N’Ko script ⓘ
linked to: N'Ko script
N'Ko script → transliterationName → N'Ko ⓘ
linked to: N'Ko script
N'Ko script → ISO15924Code → Nkoo ⓘ
linked to: N'Ko script
Dioula → writingSystem → N’Ko script ⓘ
linked to: N'Ko script
Mandinka language → hasWritingSystem → N'Ko script ⓘ
Maninka → hasWritingSystem → N’Ko script ⓘ
linked to: N'Ko script
Bambara people → usesWritingSystem → N’Ko script ⓘ
linked to: N'Ko script
Beledugu Bambara → writingSystem → N’Ko script ⓘ
linked to: N'Ko script
Dyula → writingSystem → N’Ko script ⓘ
linked to: N'Ko script
Solomana Kanté → creatorOf → N’Ko alphabet ⓘ
subject linked to: Solomana Kante
linked to: N'Ko script
Solomana Kanté → influenced → N’Ko literary tradition ⓘ
subject linked to: Solomana Kante
linked to: N'Ko script
NKo → script → N’Ko script ⓘ
linked to: N'Ko script
NKo → script → Nko script ⓘ
linked to: N'Ko script
African languages → writingSystem → NʼKo script ⓘ
linked to: N'Ko script