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Solomana Kanté (also written as Sùlemáana Kántε,[1] Souleymane Kanté or Sulemaana Kantè; N'Ko: ߛߎ߬ߟߋ߬ߡߊ߬ߣߊ߬ ߞߊ߲ߕߍ߫, 1922 – November 23, 1987) was a Guinean writer, neographer, and educator,[2] best known as the inventor of the N'Ko alphabet for the Manding language varieties of Africa.
Kanté created N'Ko, a modern script for, as he saw it,[3] the Manding language in 1949 after five years of experimentation with various writing systems.[1] The script first came into use in Kankan, Guinea and was disseminated from there into other Manding-speaking parts of West Africa.
- ^ a b Donaldson, Coleman (2020). "The Role of Islam, Ajami writings, and educational reform in Sulemaana Kantè's N'ko". African Studies Review. 63 (3): 462–486. doi:10.1017/asr.2019.59. ISSN 0002-0206.
- ^ Vydrin, Valentin (1999). Manding-English Dictionary : (Maninka, Bamana). Lac-Beauport. p. 8. ISBN 9780993996931. OCLC 905517929.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ Donaldson, Coleman (2017-01-01). "Orthography, Standardization, and Register: The Case of Manding". In P. Lane, J. Costa, & H. De Korne (Eds.), Standardizing Minority Languages: Competing Ideologies of Authority and Authenticity in the Global Periphery (Pp. 175–199). New York, NY: Routledge. (2).