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NKo (Unicode block)

Unicode block containing characters for the Manding languages of West Africa

Field	Value
blockname	NKo
rangestart	07C0
rangeend	07FF
script1	N'Ko
alphabets	Manden
5_0	59
11_0	3
note

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.

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	Count	L2 ID	Document
5.0	U+07C0..07FA	59
	N2765
	N2833
	N2898
	N2914
	doc)
	N2949
	N2982
	doc)
	N2977
11.0	U+07FD..07FF	3	N4706

References

"Unicode character database". The Unicode Standard.
"Enumerated Versions of The Unicode Standard". The Unicode Standard.
Proposed code points and characters names may differ from final code points and names

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