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Unicode Status for N’Ko

In The Unicode Standard, N’Ko script implementation is discussed in Chapter 19: Africa.

The N’Ko script was encoded in The Unicode Standard version 5.0. The script is encoded in the following block:

BlocksCharacter RangeAdded in Unicode VersionUnicode Chart
N’Ko07C0..07FF5.0U07C0.pdf

Subsequent to version 5.0, the following characters have been added to the N’Ko script:

CharactersUnicode VersionDocumentation
07FD..07FF11.0WG2 N4706, L2/15-338

Documentation refers to ISO Working Group and Unicode proposals

A number of proposals for its inclusion have been submitted to the Unicode Technical Committee and WG2:

  • 2003-08-18 Letters in support of encoding N’Ko — Deborah Anderson (L2/03-265)

  • 2003-11-01 Three letters in support of N’ko encoding — Deborah Anderson (L2/03-414)

  • 2004-06-08 Proposal to add the N’Ko script to the BMP of the UCS — Michael Everson, Mamady Doumbouya, Baba Mamadi Diané, Karamo Kaba Jammeh (WG2 N2765, L2/04-172)

  • 2004-06-23 Revisions to the N’Ko script for the PDAM code chart — Michael Everson (WG2 N2833, L2/04-283)

  • 2005-01-11 N’Ko Proposal in Amendment 2 — Mamady Doumbouya (L2/05-006)

  • 2005-01-20 N’Ko Proposal in Amendment 2 — François Yergeau, Patrick Andries (L2/05-010)

  • 2005-01-21 Amendment 2: Documents showing old and new N’Ko letters — Mamady Doumbouya (WG2 N2914, L2/05-017)

  • 2005-07-12 For a correct encoding of N’ko (WG2 N2949) — François Yergeau, Patrick Andries (WG2 N2949, L2/05-169)

  • 2005-08-26 Clarification on the identity and use of three N’Ko letters — Michael Everson, Mamady Doumbouya, Baba Mamadi Diané, Karamo Kaba Jammeh (WG2 N2977, L2/05-237)

  • 2005-09-04 Comments on 2977 (Alleged parallel between 3 N’ko Glyphs & Latin Long S) — François Yergeau, Patrick Andries (WG2 N2982, L2/05-248)

  • 2009-04-22 Report to JTC1 Chair and JTC1/SC2 Chair Regarding Resolution 34 on African Languages — Deborah Anderson (WG2 N3641, L2/09-285)

  • 2012-11-03 Sorting all RTL scripts together — Roozbeh Pournader (L2/12-377)

  • 2015-04-27 Proposal to encode an additional Nko character — Andrij Rovenchak (L2/15-126)

  • 2015-10-31 Comments on N’Ko Additions — Debbie Anderson, Michael Everson (L2/15-287)

  • 2015-12-19 Proposal to encode four N’Ko characters in the BMP of the UCS — Michael Everson (WG2 N4706, L2/15-338)

    • UTC #146 Minutes (L2/16-004) (See C.8 for decision and action items)

  • 2017-08-10 About script names in the code charts — Eduardo Marin Silva (L2/17-293)

    • Recommendations to UTC #153 October 2017 on Script Proposals (L2/17-384) (See point 1.)

    • UTC #153 Minutes (L2/17-362) (See B.14 for decision and action items)

  • 2022-03-03 Update on implementation status of African scripts — Charles L. Riley (L2/22-073)

    • Recommendations to UTC #171 April 2022 on Script Proposals (L2/22-068) (See point 28.)

    • UTC #171 Minutes (L2/22-061) (See D.1 SECTION 28 for decision and action items)

  • 2023-09-08 Update on Usage and Implementation Status of African Scripts — Oreen Yousuf, Charles Riley, Daniel Yacob, Neil Patel, Tim Brookes (L2/23-203)

    • Recommendations to UTC #177 November 2023 on Script Proposals (L2/23-238) (See point C.26.)

  • 2025-02-21 Revised Proposal to Encode N’ko Phonetic Extensions for Malian Languages — Boubacar Diakite, Neil Patel (L2/25-081)

    • Recommendations to UTC #183 April 2025 on Script Proposals (L2/25-091) (See point 5.3.)