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N’Ko Alphabet

The N'Ko written language contains 26 alphabetic characters, including 7 vowels, 18 consonant, and the N' (z) Character which is neither Vowel or Consonant. The language also contains 10 numeric characters, and  it is written from right to left.

Table 1
The Characters of N’Ko Alphabet

Q

O

U

X

I

E

A

R

D

C

J

T

P

B

M

L

K

F

G

S

Y

z

W

H

N

V
 Table 2
N’Ko Numerals

4

3

2

1

0

9

8

7

6

5

N'Ko system also include extended character set consisting of accented consonants.  This set is used mainly to write foreign sounds that are not normally used by N'Ko speakers. As an example the accented consonant |G is used for g and %G is used for gh. Similarly the accented |F is used to represent V and |J is used for for Z. These extended characters are not covered in this tutorial, however the  accents and the accented vowels will be discussed later.

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