NKo (Unicode block)
{{short description|Unicode block containing characters for the Manding languages of West Africa}}
{{Infobox Unicode block
|blockname = NKo
|rangestart = 07C0
|rangeend = 07FF
|script1 = N'Ko
|alphabets = Manden
|5_0 = 59
|11_0 = 3
|note = {{cite web|url=https://www.unicode.org/ucd/|title=Unicode character database|work=The Unicode Standard|accessdate=2023-07-26}}{{cite web|url=https://www.unicode.org/versions/enumeratedversions.html|title=Enumerated Versions of The Unicode Standard|work=The Unicode Standard|accessdate=2023-07-26}}
}}
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.
{{Unicode chart NKo}}
The punctuation marks {{angbr|⸜}} and {{angbr|⸝}} 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:
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| Version | {{nobr|Final code points}} | Count | L2 ID | WG2 ID | Document |
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| rowspan="15" | 5.0 | rowspan="15" | U+07C0..07FA | rowspan="15" | 59 | {{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2003/03265-nko-letters.pdf L2/03-265]}} | {{Citation|title=Letters in support of encoding N'Ko|date=2003-08-17|first=Deborah|last=Anderson|ref=none}} | |
| {{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2003/03414-nko-letters.pdf L2/03-414]}} | {{Citation|title=Three letters in support of N'ko encoding|date=2003-11-01|ref=none}} | ||||
| {{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2004/04172-n2765-nko.pdf L2/04-172]}} | [https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n2765.pdf N2765] | {{Citation|title=Proposal to add the N'Ko script to the BMP of the UCS|date=2004-06-08|first1=Michael|last1=Everson|author-link1=Michael Everson|first2=Mamady|last2=Doumbouya|first3=Baba Mamadi|last3=Diané|first4=Karamo Kaba|last4=Jammeh|ref=none}} | |||
| {{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2004/04283-n2833-nko-rev.pdf L2/04-283]}} | [https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n2833.pdf N2833] | {{Citation|title=Revisions to the N'Ko script for the PDAM code chart|date=2004-06-23|first=Michael|last=Everson|ref=none}} | |||
| {{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2005/05006-amd2cmt.pdf L2/05-006]}} | [https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n2898.pdf N2898] | {{Citation|title=Re: N'Ko Proposal in Amendment 2|date=2005-01-11|first=Mamady|last=Doumbouya|ref=none}} | |||
| {{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2005/05010-yergeau-nko.pdf L2/05-010]}} | {{Citation|title=Re: N'Ko Proposal in Amendment 2|date=2005-01-20|first1=François|last1=Yergeau|first2=Patrick|last2=Andries|ref=none}} | ||||
| {{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2005/05017n2914-nko.pdf L2/05-017]}} | [https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n2914.pdf N2914] | {{Citation|title=Documents showing old and new N'Ko letters|date=2005-01-21|first=Mamady|last=Doumbouya|ref=none}} | |||
| {{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n2932.htm N2932 (htm],}} [https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n2932.doc doc]) | {{Citation|title=Encoding of N'Ko in ISO/IEC 10646|date=2005-03-12|first=Mamady|last=Doumbouya|ref=none}} | ||||
| {{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2005/05026.htm L2/05-026]}} | {{Citation|title=UTC #102 Minutes|date=2005-05-16|first=Lisa|last=Moore|ref=none|section=Consensus 102-C1|quote=Use the block and long script name "NKo" (without apostrophe) as the name for N'Ko.}} | ||||
| {{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2005/05169-nko-2949.pdf L2/05-169]}} | [https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n2949.pdf N2949] | {{Citation|title=For a Correct Encoding of N'ko|date=2005-07-12|first1=François|last1=Yergeau|first2=Patrick|last2=Andries|ref=none}} | |||
| {{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2005/05248-n2982-nko-long-s.pdf L2/05-248]}} | [https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n2982.pdf N2982] | {{Citation|title=Comments on 2977 (Alleged parallel between 3 N'Ko Glyphs & Latin Long S)|date=2005-09-04|first1=François|last1=Yergeau|first2=Patrick|last2=Andries|ref=none}} | |||
| {{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2005/05270-wg2docket.txt L2/05-270]}} | {{Citation|title=WG2 Consent Docket (Sophia Antipolis)|date=2005-09-21|first=Ken|last=Whistler|ref=none|section=E. N'Ko Name Changes}} | ||||
| {{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2005/05279.htm L2/05-279]}} | {{Citation|title=UTC #105 Minutes|date=2005-11-10|first=Lisa|last=Moore|ref=none|section=Consensus 105-C29}} | ||||
| {{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n2953.pdf N2953 (pdf],}} [https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n2953.doc doc]) | {{Citation|title=Unconfirmed minutes of WG 2 meeting 47, Sophia Antipolis, France; 2005-09-12/15|date=2006-02-16|first=V. S.|last=Umamaheswaran|ref=none|section=7.2.2}} | ||||
| {{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2005/05237-n2977-nko-jona.pdf L2/05-237]}} | [https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n2977.pdf N2977] | {{Citation|title=Clarification on the identity and use of three N'Ko letters|date=2008-08-26|first1=Michael|last1=Everson|first2=Mamady|last2=Doumbouya|first3=Baba Mamadi|last3=Diané|first4=Karamo Kaba|last4=Jammeh|ref=none}} | |||
| rowspan="3" | 11.0 | rowspan="3" | U+07FD..07FF | rowspan="3" | 3 | {{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2015/15338-n4706-nko-additions.pdf L2/15-338]}} | [https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n4706-nko-additions.pdf N4706] | {{Citation|title=Proposal to encode four N'Ko characters in the BMP of the UCS|date=2015-12-19|first=Michael|last=Everson|ref=none}} |
| {{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2016/16037-script-rec.pdf L2/16-037]}} | {{Citation|title=Recommendations to UTC #146 January 2016 on Script Proposals|date=2016-01-22|first1=Deborah|last1=Anderson|first2=Ken|last2=Whistler|first3=Rick|last3=McGowan|first4=Roozbeh|last4=Pournader|first5=Andrew|last5=Glass|first6=Laurențiu|last6=Iancu|ref=none|section=11}} | ||||
| {{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2016/16004.htm L2/16-004]}} | {{Citation|title=UTC #146 Minutes|date=2016-02-01|first=Lisa|last=Moore|ref=none|section=C.8}} | ||||
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