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Bambara Alphabet (N’Ko)
The letters and characters of Bambara written in the N’Ko script, in order — every standard character with its name and codepoint, the additional and punctuation sets, and exactly how many fonts include them. About 439,812 people read or write it across 1 country.
Bambara is also written in: (Latin)
Standard characters
The minimal set of characters required for Bambara — the language's alphabet, in its traditional order. Tap a character to copy it; each name opens the full character page.
Punctuation characters
The marks used to separate sentences and to clarify meaning.
Where Bambara (N’Ko) is read
Countries shaded by the share of their population that reads or writes Bambara in the N’Ko script. The map is zoomed to the region where at least 1% of a country's people read it; neighbouring countries are shown unshaded for context.
Estimated readers — share of each country's population (CLDR).
| Country | Estimated readers | Share of population |
|---|---|---|
| Mali | 439,812 | 2% |
Bambara (N’Ko) — facts
| Font coverage | 13 of 137,179 fonts include every one of the 27 standard characters; 13 include the standard and additional sets together. Counts are exact for the snapshot of 21 October 2026. |
|---|---|
| Script | Nko |
| Unicode blocks | NKo |
| People | About 439,812 people read or write Bambara in the N’Ko script — mostly in Mali. |
| Also written in | Bambara (Latin) |
Data: Unicode CLDR exemplar characters (CLDR 48.2.0) and CLDR territory population data. Font counts: snapshot of 21 October 2026.