MandinkainN’Ko

mnk·NkooAlphabetRTLSingle-source attestation (AUX)

GlotScript records this relationship through single-source attestation. Present-day usage, official status, region and dates are unknown here unless separately sourced. How to interpret the evidence.

Language

Mandinka

ISO 639-3mnkStatusLivingScopeIndividualScripts used3

Also written in:

Latin (Latn)Arabic (Arab)

Script

N’Ko

ISO 15924NkooFamilyWest AfricanOriginWest AfricaDirectionRight-to-leftStatusLiving scriptOpenType tagnko

N'Ko script, invented by Solomana Kante in Kankan, Guinea, in 1949. Written right-to-left. Used for Mandingo and other Mande languages.

Other languages using N’Ko

BambarabamDyuladyuEastern ManinkakanemkFonfonWojenakajodKoro (Côte d'Ivoire)kfoMandingomanKonyanka ManinkamkuMossimosMaxi GbemxlMahoumxxManyamzjN'KonqoWeme Gbewem

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