N’ko

A language of Guinea

Location

Widespread.

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Burkina Faso

Language NameN’ko

User Population

No known L1 speakers in Burkina Faso. Ethnic population: No ethnic community.

Location

Scattered.

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.

Other Comments

Non-indigenous. A mixture of Mande languages: Bamanankan [bam], Eastern Maninkakan [emk], Jula [dyu], and Mandinka [mnk].

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Côte d’Ivoire

Language NameN’ko

User Population

No known L1 speakers in Côte d’Ivoire. Ethnic population: No ethnic community.

Location

Scattered.

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.

Other Comments

Non-indigenous. A mixture of Mande languages: Bamanankan [bam], Eastern Maninkakan [emk], Jula [dyu], and Mandinka [mnk].

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Gambia

Language NameN’ko

User Population

No known L1 speakers in Gambia. Ethnic population: No ethnic community.

Location

Scattered.

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.

Other Comments

Non-indigenous. A mixture of Mande languages: Bamanankan [bam], Eastern Maninkakan [emk], Jula [dyu], and Mandinka [mnk].

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Liberia

Language NameN’ko

User Population

No known L1 speakers in Liberia. Ethnic population: No ethnic community.

Location

Scattered.

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.

Other Comments

Non-indigenous. A mixture of Mande languages: Bamanankan [bam], Eastern Maninkakan [emk], Jula [dyu], and Mandinka [mnk.

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Senegal

Language NameN’ko

User Population

No known L1 speakers in Senegal. Ethnic population: No ethnic community.

Location

Scattered.

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.

Other Comments

Non-indigenous. A mixture of Mande languages: Bamanankan [bam], Eastern Maninkakan [emk], Jula [dyu], and Mandinka [mnk].

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Sierra Leone

Language NameN’ko

User Population

No known L1 speakers in Sierra Leone. Ethnic population: No ethnic community.

Location

Scattered.

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.

Other Comments

Non-indigenous. A mixture of Mande languages: Bamanankan [bam], Eastern Maninkakan [emk], Jula [dyu], and Mandinka [mnk].

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