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N'Ko Phonetic Keyboard Help

Keyboard © 2012-2020 Michael Everson and SIL International

Overview

This keyboard is designed for the N'Ko script of West Africa. The keyboard has been developed to make it easy to type all of the letters and diacritics necessary for N'Ko. This keyboard is fully compliant with the Unicode Standard.

Basic Function

This keyboard is phonetic. Most N'Ko characters can be found by typing an equivalent Latin letter. For example, typing d produces ߘ. Some N'Ko characters require keyboard combinations. For example, type ny to get ߢ. Archaic characters can be typed by following the letter with a /. For example, for ߪ type r/. Finally, tone marks are typed before the base letter.

On Screen Keyboard

This keyboard includes an On Screen Keyboard view for easy reference. The On Screen Keyboard works best when associated with a QWERTY US layout.

Using the N'Ko keyboard on Android

April 2015: Android 4.x series does not support N'Ko in the system. This means that you can display N'Ko in the Keyman Pro app and in the Keyman Browser, but not in other apps in the system. Furthermore, the current release of Keyman Pro will not join the N'Ko letters together. This may be supported in a future version of the app.

Using the N'Ko keyboard on iPhone or iPad

April 2015: iOS 8.1 and later releases do support the N'Ko font so N'Ko will display in all apps, correctly joined, once the font is installed. Follow the prompts to install the font when you install the keyboard.

Desktop Keyboard Layout

Typing Guide

This typing guide is based on the Unicode code chart for N'KO.

Character Keys Codepoint Unicode Name
Digits
߀ 0 U+07C0 NKO DIGIT ZERO
߁ 1 U+07C1 NKO DIGIT ONE
߂ 2 U+07C2 NKO DIGIT TWO
߃ 3 U+07C3 NKO DIGIT THREE
߄ 4 U+07C4 NKO DIGIT FOUR
߅ 5 U+07C5 NKO DIGIT FIVE
߆ 6 U+07C6 NKO DIGIT SIX
߇ 7 U+07C7 NKO DIGIT SEVEN
߈ 8 U+07C8 NKO DIGIT EIGHT
߉ 9 U+07C9 NKO DIGIT NINE
Letters
ߊ a U+07CA NKO LETTER A
ߋ E U+07CB NKO LETTER EE
ߌ i U+07CC NKO LETTER I
ߍ e U+07CD NKO LETTER E
ߎ u U+07CE NKO LETER U
ߏ O U+07CF NKO LTTER OO
ߐ o U+07D0 NKO LETTER O
ߑ ` U+07D1 NKO LETTER DAGBASINNA
ߒ N U+07D2 NKO LETTER N
ߓ b U+07D3 NKO LETTER BA
ߔ p U+07D4 NKO LETTER PA
ߕ t U+07D5 NKO LETTER TA
ߖ j U+07D6 NKO LETTER JA
ߗ c U+07D7 NKO LETTER CHA
ߘ d U+07D8 NKO LETTER DA
ߙ r U+07D9 NKO LETTER RA
ߚ R U+07DA NKO LETTER RRA
ߛ s U+07DB NKO LETTER SA
ߜ g U+07DC NKO LETTER GBA
ߝ f U+07DD NKO LETTER FA
ߞ k U+07DE NKO LETTER KA
ߟ l U+07DF NKO LETTER LA
ߠ nn U+07E0 NKO LETTER
NA WOLOSO
ߡ m U+07E1 NKO LETTER MA
ߢ ny U+07E2 NKO LETTER NYA
ߣ n U+07E3 NKO LETTER NA
ߤ h U+07E4 NKO LETTER HA
ߥ w U+07E5 NKO LETTER WA
ߦ y U+07E6 NKO LETTER YA
ߧ nyw U+07E7 NKO LETTER
NYA WOLOSO
Character Keys Codepoint Unicode Name
Archaic Letters
ߨ j/ U+07E8 NKO LETTER
JONA JA
ߩ c/ U+07E9 NKO LETTER
JONA CHA
ߪ r/ U+07EA NKO LETTER
JONA RA
Tone Marks
߫ - U+07EB NKO COMBINING
SHORT HIGH TONE
߬ ~ U+07EC NKO COMBINING
SHORT LOW TONE
߭ ^. U+07ED NKO COMBINING
SHORT RISING TONE
߮ ^ U+07EE NKO COMBINING
LONG DESCENDING TONE
߯ > U+07EF NKO COMBINING
LONG HIGH TONE
߰ # U+07F0 NKO COMBINING
LONG LOW TONE
߱ < U+07F1 NKO COMBINING
LONG RISING TONE
߲ . U+07F2 NKO COMBINING
NASALIZATION MARK
߳ % U+07F3 NKO COMBINING
DOUBLE DOT ABOVE
ߴ ' U+07F4 NKO HIGH TONE
APOSTROPHE
ߵ " U+07F5 NKO LOW TONE
APOSTROPHE
Symbol
߶ / U+07F6 NKO SYMBOL
OO DENNEN
Punctuation
߷ ... U+07F7 NKO SYMBOL
GBAKURUNEN
߸ , U+07F8 NKO COMMA
߹ ! U+07F9 NKO
EXCLAMATION MARK
Letter Extender
ߺ ,/ U+07FA NKO LAJANYALAN

Version History

Version 1.0, 2012
2012, Initial version
Version 1.1, 28 Apr 2015
Updated with web font for Android support

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