The Literary Language
N'Ko is evolving as a standard language of several Manding or N'Ko languages. It is a literary language based on a compromise dialect, which Mandens from different sub-groups use to talk to each other. They switch from their own dialect to a conventional dialect known as N'Ko. N'Ko is also known as Kangbe – the clear language.
For example, the word for 'name' in Bamanan is tɔgɔ and in Maninka it is toh. In written communications each person will write it as tô in N’Ko, and yet read and pronounce it differently.
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