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N'Ko script
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<p>NKo (ߒߞߏ), also spelled N'Ko, is an <a href="/facts/Alphabetic_script/vqfRpS3E">alphabetic script</a> devised by <a href="/facts/Solomana_Kante/qH46jeU1">Solomana Kanté</a> in 1949, as a modern <a href="/facts/Writing_system/ABG251A0">writing system</a> for the <a href="/facts/Manding_languages/XW0hkGV7">Manding languages</a> of West Africa. The term <i>NKo</i>, which means <i>I say</i> in all Manding languages, is also used for the <a href="/facts/NKo_language/brc34wvV">Manding literary standard</a> written in the NKo script. </p><p>The script has a few similarities to the <a href="/facts/Arabic_script/GB5gsj1F">Arabic script</a>, notably its direction (<a href="/facts/Right-to-left/BJEXET2w">right-to-left</a>) and the letters that are connected at the base. Unlike Arabic, it is obligatory to mark both <a href="/facts/Tone_(linguistics)/eprhXrWJ">tone</a> and <a href="/facts/Vowel/BNhCeFtH">vowels</a>. NKo tones are marked as <a href="/facts/Diacritic/Rw6lMzQW">diacritics</a>. </p>