N'Ko script
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N'Ko, also spelled Nko, is an alphabetic script devised by Solomana Kanté in 1949, as a modern writing system for the Manding languages of West Africa. The term Nko, which means I say in all Manding l
Grave of Solomana Kanté. The French at the bottom reads “Inventor of the N'Ko alphabet”.
Smartphone with a Nko class via WhatsApp
Bambara language
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Bambara, also known as Malian, Bamana or Bamanankan, is a lingua franca and national language of Mali spoken by perhaps 14 million people, natively by 4.2 million Bambara people and about 10 million s
N'Ko script
…As of 2005, it was used mainly in Guinea and the Ivory Coast (respectively by Maninka and Dyula speakers), with an active user community in Mali (by Bambara speakers). Publications include a translation of the Quran, a variety of textbooks on subjects such as physics and geography, poetic and philosophical…
Page from Francis Delaforge's Grammaire et méthode Bambara (1949)