# 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 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 | 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 |
| 5.0 | U+07C0..07FA | 59 | L2/03-414 | | Three letters in support of N'ko encoding, 2003-11-01 |
| 5.0 | U+07C0..07FA | 59 | 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 |
| 5.0 | U+07C0..07FA | 59 | L2/04-283 | N2833 | Everson, Michael (2004-06-23), Revisions to the N'Ko script for the PDAM code chart |
| 5.0 | U+07C0..07FA | 59 | L2/05-006 | N2898 | Doumbouya, Mamady (2005-01-11), Re: N'Ko Proposal in Amendment 2 |
| 5.0 | U+07C0..07FA | 59 | L2/05-010 | | Yergeau, François; Andries, Patrick (2005-01-20), Re: N'Ko Proposal in Amendment 2 |
| 5.0 | U+07C0..07FA | 59 | L2/05-017 | N2914 | Doumbouya, Mamady (2005-01-21), Documents showing old and new N'Ko letters |
| 5.0 | U+07C0..07FA | 59 | | N2932 (htm, doc) | Doumbouya, Mamady (2005-03-12), Encoding of N'Ko in ISO/IEC 10646 |
| 5.0 | U+07C0..07FA | 59 | 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. |
| 5.0 | U+07C0..07FA | 59 | L2/05-169 | N2949 | Yergeau, François; Andries, Patrick (2005-07-12), For a Correct Encoding of N'ko |
| 5.0 | U+07C0..07FA | 59 | L2/05-248 | N2982 | Yergeau, François; Andries, Patrick (2005-09-04), Comments on 2977 (Alleged parallel between 3 N'Ko Glyphs & Latin Long S) |
| 5.0 | U+07C0..07FA | 59 | L2/05-270 | | Whistler, Ken (2005-09-21), "E. N'Ko Name Changes", WG2 Consent Docket (Sophia Antipolis) |
| 5.0 | U+07C0..07FA | 59 | L2/05-279 | | Moore, Lisa (2005-11-10), "Consensus 105-C29", UTC #105 Minutes |
| 5.0 | U+07C0..07FA | 59 | | 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 |
| 5.0 | U+07C0..07FA | 59 | 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 |
| 11.0 | U+07FD..07FF | 3 | 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 |
| 11.0 | U+07FD..07FF | 3 | 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 ||||||