N’ko

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A language of Guinea

User Population

No known L1 speakers in Guinea. Ethnic population: No ethnic community. Total users in all countries: none known.

Location

Widespread.

Language Status

9 (Second language only).

Language Development

N’ko is both a script devised in 1949 as a writing system for the Mande languages, and the name of the literary language written in the script. Newspapers. Dictionary.

Writing

N’Ko script [Nkoo].

Other Comments

A standardized register of Eastern Maninkakan [emk].

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