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    Solomana Kanté (also written as Sùlemáana Kántε, Souleymane Kanté or Sulemaana Kantè; N'Ko: ߛߎ߬ߟߋ߬ߡߊ߬ߣߊ߬ ߞߊ߲ߕߍ߫, 1922 – November 23, 1987) was a Guinean...
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    NKo (ߒߞߏ), also spelled N'Ko, is an alphabetic script devised by Solomana Kanté in 1949, as a modern writing system for the Manding languages of West Africa...
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  • in Spain Mory Kanté (1950-2020), Guinean-Malian vocalist N'Golo Kanté (born 1991), French football player Solomana Kante (1922–1987), Guinean writer...
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    teaching, literacy and publication. The NKo alphabet, developed in 1949 by Solomana Kante, is designed to write Manding using a common literary standard comprehensible...
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  • devised by Solomana Kante in 1949 as a writing system for the Manding languages of West Africa; N’Ko means 'I say' in all Manding languages. Kante created...
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    1% of the population. The Kankan variety of the language was used by Solomana Kante for the development of N'Ko, a standardized unified written Manding...
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  • known as kángbɛ ("clear language") codified by Solomana Kante, with the màninkamóri variety, spoken in Kante's native Kankan region, serving as the mediating...
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  • literary form itself in Russia. N'Ko is a literary language devised by Solomana Kante in 1949 as a writing system for the Mande languages of West Africa....
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  • writing system for the Manding language continuum, invented in 1949 by Solomana Kanté, a Guinean educator. Today, the script has been digitised as part of...
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  • Sierra Leonean tailor, invented Mende syllabary, Ki-ka-ku, in 1921. Solomana Kante - Guinean author, invented the N'Ko alphabet in 1949. Vuk Stefanović...
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