Language/Mandinka/Pronunciation/Alphabet-and-Pronunciation
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Writing
Mandinka sometimes uses the Latin alphabet and sometimes the Arabic alphabet, the use of the latter being more traditional.
But since 1949 there has also been a new script specific to the Mande languages, n'ko, developed by the Guinean linguist Souleymane Kante.
Latin alphabet
The letters of the Latin alphabet used represent a sound. Double vowels are long vowels.