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Consonants[edit | edit source]

Consonants
Latin N’ko English approximation Example Gloss
b ߓ bad bón ‘house’
c ߗ Chad cɛ̌ ‘man’
d ߘ dog dɔ̀lɔ́ ‘alcohol’
f ߝ film fɔ́lɔ ‘first’
g - good gàribú ‘Quranic student seeking alms’
gb ߜ *A labio-velar double occlusive—in essence, an English /g/ and /b/ at the same time gbò ‘bad’
h ߤ hello hákili ‘idea’
j ߖ jump jàn ‘long’
k ߞ call kélen ‘one’
l ߟ lamp lòkó ‘plantain’
m ߡ might mɔ̀gɔ́ ‘person’
n ߣ never náani ‘four
ɲ ߢ *Palatal nasal—like enseñar in Spanish ɲì ‘good’
ŋ - king ŋɔ̀mí ‘fritter’
p ߔ power pán ‘jump’
r ߙ / ߚ *a tapped /r/ like pero in Spanish báara ‘work’
s ߛ soup sàyá ‘death’
t ߕ tomato tìlé ‘sun’
w ߥ west wári ‘money’
y ߦ yogurt yɛ́lɛ ‘laugh’
z - zebra zùwɛ́n ‘June’

Vowels[edit | edit source]

Vowels
Latin N’ko English approximation Example Gloss
a ߊ wasp bàbá ‘dad’
e ߋ *like manger in French bèsé ‘machette’
ɛ ߍ met sɛ̀nɛ́ ‘farming’
i ߌ happy fili ‘throw’
u ߎ goose dùgú ‘earth’
o ߏ *like beau in French ‘excrement’
ɔ ߐ bought bɔ̀gɔ́ ‘mud, clay’
Syllabic Nasal
Latin N’ko English approximation Example Gloss
n ߒ *Syllabic nasal ń ‘I’

Pronunciation with a VIDEO[edit | edit source]

Videos[edit | edit source]

Learn Bambara's Latin alphabet | Basic Bambara 6 - YouTube[edit | edit source]

Learn the N'ko Alphabet (ߒߞߏ) | Basic Bambara 7 - YouTube[edit | edit source]

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