Unicode Block - NKo
NKo is a script used primarily for writing the Manding languages of West Africa, such as Maninka, Bambara, and Dyula, and this character set was designed to provide a unified orthography for those tongues. It includes letters for consonants and vowels, diacritical marks for tone and vowel length, punctuation, and digits, with a distinctive right-to-left writing direction that sets it apart from most other African scripts. The repertoire also features a set of non-breaking spaces and format controls to support proper text shaping, making it a practical tool for modern digital communication in the region. Its inclusion in international text encoding standards has helped preserve and promote the cultural identity of the Manding peoples in the digital age.