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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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  • 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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    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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  • 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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  • (kángbɛ, kán-gbɛ "language-manner") codified by Solomana Kante, with the màninkamóri variety, spoken in Kante's native Kankan region, serving as the mediating...
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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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  • 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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    Lotanna Igwe-Odunze for the Igbo language. N'Ko, invented in 1949 by Solomana Kante in Guinea, primarily for the Manding languages. It is apparently in...
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    Tamazight, Nubian, Yoruba, Songhai, and Kanuri. N'Ko script developed by Solomana Kante in 1949 as a writing system for the Mande languages of West Africa....
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    Mali. Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press. Retrieved 23 September 2023. Solomana Kante, History of Samory Touré (ߛߊ߬ߡߘߎ߬ߜߍ߫ ߕߎ߬ߙߋ߫ ߟߊ߫ ߘߐ߬ߝߐ), A4, p.34 "::...
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    "Some Enchanted Evening". April 14 – The N'Ko alphabet is completed by Solomana Kante. April 18 – The Republic of Ireland formally becomes a republic, and...
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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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    Mali. Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press. Retrieved 23 September 2023. Solomana Kante, History of Samory Touré (ߛߊ߬ߡߘߎ߬ߜߍ߫ ߕߎ߬ߙߋ߫ ߟߊ߫ ߘߐ߬ߝߐ), A4, p.34 L-G...
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  • for the horse or horses of Mandinka cavalry commanders called farari. Solomana Kanté suggested that the word sofa was derived from so (town) and fa (killer)...
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  • alphabet intended for communication in total darkness N'Ko Nkoo 1949 Solomana Kante Alphabet used to write the Manding languages, including a kind of koine...
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  • businessman, money launderer. Marcia Henderson, 58, American actress. Solomana Kante, 64–65, Guinean writer, neographer and educator, inventor of the N'Ko...
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  • on the nose at a poetry reading in London. N'Ko alphabet devised by Solomana Kante as a writing system and literary language for the Manding languages...
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  • (footballer, born 1984) Fatoumata Kaba Mamadi Kaba Oumar Kalabané Mory Kanté Solomana Kante Kassa (mansa) Abdoulaye Keita Alhassane Keita Mohamed Keita Mamady...
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