N'Ko script

N'Ko (N'Ko: ߒߞߏ) is a script devised by Solomana Kante in 1949, as a modern writing system for the Mandé languages of West Africa.[1][2] The term N'Ko, which means I say in all Mandé languages, is also used for the Mandé literary standard written in N'Ko script.

N'Ko ߒߞߏ
Script type	Alphabet
Creator	Solomana Kante
Time period	1949–present
Direction	right-to-left script
Languages	N'Ko, Manding languages (Mandingo, Maninka, Bambara, Dyula)
ISO 15924
ISO 15924	Nkoo (165), ​N’Ko
Unicode
Unicode alias	NKo
Unicode range	U+07C0–U+07FF
This article contains phonetic transcriptions in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA). For an introductory guide on IPA symbols, see Help:IPA. For the distinction between [ ], / / and ⟨ ⟩, see IPA § Brackets and transcription delimiters.

The script has a few similarities to the Arabic script, notably its direction (right-to-left) and the letters which are connected at the base. Unlike Arabic, it is obligatory to mark both tone and vowels. N'Ko tones are marked as diacritics, in a similar manner to the marking of some vowels in Arabic.