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NKo (ߒߞߏ), also spelled N'Ko, is an alphabetic script devised by Solomana Kanté in 1949, as a modern writing system for the Manding languages of West Africa. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The term NKo , which means I say in all Manding languages, is also used for the Manding literary standard written in the NKo script.
NKo [a] (ߒߞߏ) is a standardized unified koiné form of several Manding languages written in the NKo alphabet.It is used in Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Mali, Ivory Coast, Burkina Faso and some other West African countries, primarily, but not exclusively, in written form, whereas in speech the different varieties of Manding are used: Maninka, Bambara, Dyula and others.
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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 NKo. NKo became part of Unicode with version 5.0 in July 2006.
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NKO can refer to: N'Ko script and written language of West Africa People's Commissariat of Defense of the Soviet Union (Russian: Narodny Komissariat Oborony ), the highest military department of the Soviet Union from 1934 to 1946
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