NKo (Unicode block)

NKo
Range	U+07C0..U+07FF (64 code points)
Plane	BMP
Scripts	N'Ko
Major alphabets	Manden
Assigned	62 code points
Unused	2 reserved code points
Unicode version history
5.0 (2006)	59 (+59)
11.0 (2018)	62 (+3)
Unicode documentation
Code chart ∣ Web page
Note: [1] [2]

Graphical representation of the NKo Unicode block

NKo is a Unicode block containing characters for the Manding languages of West Africa, including Bamanan, Jula, Maninka, Mandinka, and a common literary language, Kangbe, also called NKo.

NKo became part of Unicode with version 5.0 in July 2006. With Unicode 11.0 in June 2018, three additional characters were added: a combining mark for abbreviated units of measure and two currency symbols.

NKo [1] [2] Official Unicode Consortium code chart (PDF)

0

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

A

B

C

D

E

F

U+07Cx

߀‎

߁‎

߂‎

߃‎

߄‎

߅‎

߆‎

߇‎

߈‎

߉‎

ߊ‎

ߋ‎

ߌ‎

ߍ‎

ߎ‎

ߏ‎

U+07Dx

ߐ‎

ߑ‎

ߒ‎

ߓ‎

ߔ‎

ߕ‎

ߖ‎

ߗ‎

ߘ‎

ߙ‎

ߚ‎

ߛ‎

ߜ‎

ߝ‎

ߞ‎

ߟ‎

U+07Ex

ߠ‎

ߡ‎

ߢ‎

ߣ‎

ߤ‎

ߥ‎

ߦ‎

ߧ‎

ߨ‎

ߩ‎

ߪ‎

߫‎

߬‎

߭‎

߮‎

߯‎

U+07Fx

߰‎

߱‎

߲‎

߳‎

ߴ‎

ߵ‎

߶‎

߷‎

߸‎

߹‎

ߺ‎

߽‎

߾‎

߿‎

Notes 1. ^ As of Unicode version 16.0 2. ^ Grey areas indicate non-assigned code points

The punctuation marks ⟨⸜⟩ and ⟨⸝⟩ were placed in the Supplemental Punctuation block.

History

The following Unicode-related documents record the purpose and process of defining specific characters in the NKo block:

Version	Final code points [a]	Count	L2  ID	WG2  ID	Document
5.0	U+07C0..07FA	59	L2/03-265		Anderson, Deborah (2003-08-17), Letters in support of encoding N'Ko
			L2/03-414		Three letters in support of N'ko encoding, 2003-11-01
			L2/04-172	N2765	Everson, Michael; Doumbouya, Mamady; Diané, Baba Mamadi; Jammeh, Karamo Kaba (2004-06-08), Proposal to add the N'Ko script to the BMP of the UCS
			L2/04-283	N2833	Everson, Michael (2004-06-23), Revisions to the N'Ko script for the PDAM code chart
			L2/05-006	N2898	Doumbouya, Mamady (2005-01-11), Re: N'Ko Proposal in Amendment 2
			L2/05-010		Yergeau, François; Andries, Patrick (2005-01-20), Re: N'Ko Proposal in Amendment 2
			L2/05-017	N2914	Doumbouya, Mamady (2005-01-21), Documents showing old and new N'Ko letters
				N2932 (htm, doc)	Doumbouya, Mamady (2005-03-12), Encoding of N'Ko in ISO/IEC 10646
			L2/05-026		Moore, Lisa (2005-05-16), "Consensus 102-C1", UTC #102 Minutes, Use the block and long script name "NKo" (without apostrophe) as the name for N'Ko.
			L2/05-169	N2949	Yergeau, François; Andries, Patrick (2005-07-12), For a Correct Encoding of N'ko
			L2/05-248	N2982	Yergeau, François; Andries, Patrick (2005-09-04), Comments on 2977 (Alleged parallel between 3 N'Ko Glyphs & Latin Long S)
			L2/05-270		Whistler, Ken (2005-09-21), "E. N'Ko Name Changes", WG2 Consent Docket (Sophia Antipolis)
			L2/05-279		Moore, Lisa (2005-11-10), "Consensus 105-C29", UTC #105 Minutes
				N2953 (pdf, doc)	Umamaheswaran, V. S. (2006-02-16), "7.2.2", Unconfirmed minutes of WG 2 meeting 47, Sophia Antipolis, France; 2005-09-12/15
			L2/05-237	N2977	Everson, Michael; Doumbouya, Mamady; Diané, Baba Mamadi; Jammeh, Karamo Kaba (2008-08-26), Clarification on the identity and use of three N'Ko letters
11.0	U+07FD..07FF	3	L2/15-338	N4706	Everson, Michael (2015-12-19), Proposal to encode four N'Ko characters in the BMP of the UCS
			L2/16-037		Anderson, Deborah; Whistler, Ken; McGowan, Rick; Pournader, Roozbeh; Glass, Andrew; Iancu, Laurențiu (2016-01-22), "11", Recommendations to UTC #146 January 2016 on Script Proposals
			L2/16-004		Moore, Lisa (2016-02-01), "C.8", UTC #146 Minutes
Proposed code points and characters names may differ from final code points and names

References

1. "Unicode character database". The Unicode Standard. Retrieved 2023-07-26.
2. "Enumerated Versions of The Unicode Standard". The Unicode Standard. Retrieved 2023-07-26.