N'Ko
Provided by Tapiwanashe S. Garikayi
Unicode Chart
Maps
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/N%27Ko_script
DISCLAIMER: This script is still being researched
Data
ISO 15924 | Nkoo 165 |
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Type | Alphabet |
Family | Manding Mande Niger-Congo |
Direction | RTL |
Diacritics | Yes |
Contextual Forms | Yes |
Capitals Used | No |
Glyphs | 59 |
Inventor | Soulemayne Kante |
Earliest Location | Mandekan, Ivory Coast |
Earliest Date | 1949 CE |
Latest Date | Present |
Bibliography
Author | Year | Publication | Publisher |
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Amselle, Jean-Loup | 1996 | Cahiers d'Études Africaines, Le N'Ko au Mali, 823 | EHESS |
Oyler, Dianne | 1997 | History in Africa, The N'ko Alphabet as a Vehicle of Indigenist Historiography, 239-256 | Cambridge University Press |
Singler, John | 1996 | The World's Writing Systems, Scripts of West Africa, 593 | Oxford University Press |