N'Ko Language - Tutorial - Punctuation

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N’KO BASIC PUNCTUATIONS

N’Ko, like other languages, uses punctuation to enhance the flow of the written language. It uses the symbols to introduce different pauses and stops to make reading the language as close as possible to the spoken language. For those who write European languages, it will be easy to associate the punctuation with the languages that you speak.

N’KO PUNCTUATIONS

N’KO	ENGLISH	PRONUNCIATION ENGLISH N’KO
,	,	Yee’lee Doh’loh	qldily
;	;	Yee’lee Doh’loh Do’fa-sah-neen’	Inasfqd qldily
&	,,	Ku’ma-ya Tay’lehn	Elet Aymuk
:	:	Koh’doh Niah’foh	Qfavqdqk
?	?	Nee-neen-kah-lee’	Ilakiniv
.	.	Tohn’deh	%edot
...	...	Lah’nia-rah’nee Tohn’deh	edot Inaraval
-	-	Lah-deh’lee Ke-rehn’deh	ederef Iledal
_	_	Koo’ma-dehn Fen’the-reh	Xr\|xt`xf `Xdamuk
( )	( )	Klah Fee’lah	%Alf Alk
[ ]	[ ]	Klah Ka-dee’nin	`xnidak Alk
<< >>	<< >>	Mah-reh’nah	~Aner~am
"	“	Mah-reh’nah Doh’mah-neen	`xnamqd ~Aner~am

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