01OVERVIEW
Front Matter
SCRIPT · PROFILE
N'Ko
Alphabet created in 1949 by Guinean linguist Solomana Kante for Manding languages.
Alphabet created in 1949 by Guinean linguist Solomana Kante for Manding languages. "N'Ko" means "I say" in Mandinka. Written right-to-left, it serves languages spoken by 35 million people across West Africa. Kante stated he created the script to refute the colonial-era prejudice that "Africa has no writing system."
04SPECIMEN
The Letters
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06MECHANICS
Reading Mechanics
Direction · Method↔
Direction
Right to Left (RTL)
Written right to left.
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System
Alphabet
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Input method
Direct Unicode input
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07LINEAGE
The Lineage
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08REACH