Notes on cataloging in the N'ko script

Month names

ߓߌ߲ߠߊߥߎߟߋ߲ -- January

ߞߏ߲ߞߏߜߍ -- February

ߕߙߊߓߊ -- March

ߞߏ߲ߞߏߘߓߌ߬ -- April

ߘߓߊ߬ߕߊ -- May

ߥߊ߬ߛߌߥߊ߬ߙߌ -- June

ߞߊ߬ߙߌߝߐ߭ -- July

ߘߓߊ߬ߓߌߟߊ -- August

ߕߎߟߊߝߌ߲ -- September

ߞߏ߲ߓߌߕߌ߱ -- October

ߣߍߣߍߓߊ -- November

ߞߏ߬ߟߌ߲߬ߞߏߟߌ߲ -- December

Days of the week

ߟߊ߬ߤߊߘߌ -- Sunday

ߞߐ߬ߓߊ߬ߟߏ߲ -- Monday

ߕߟߊ߬ߕߊ -- Tuesday

ߊ߬ߙߊ߬ߓߊ -- Wednesday

ߊ߬ߟߊ߬ߡߌߛߊ -- Thursday

ߊߙߖߌߡߊ -- Friday

ߞߍ߲ߘߍߟߏ߲ -- Saturday

Geographic names

ߊߟߑߖ߭ߋߙߌ߫ -- Algeria

ߓߋߣߍ߲߫ -- Benin

ߓߙߎߞߌߣߊ߫ ߝߊ߬ߛߏ߫ -- Burkina Faso

ߞߊߡߋߙߎ߲ -- Cameroon

ߞߣߊߙߌ߫ ߕߌ߲ -- Canary Islands

ߜߙߋߞߎ߲߫-ߝߙߌߛߌ߫ -- Cape Verde

ߕߊ߲ߓߊ߲-ߝߘߊ߬ߝߌ߲߬ߠߊ߫ ߞߊ߲ߓߍ߲ -- Central African Republic

ߛߋߎߕߊ߫ ߣߌ߫ ߡߋߟߌߣߊ߫ -- Ceuta & Melilla

ߗߊߘ -- Chad

ߞߏ߲߬ߜ߭ߏ߫-ߓߙߊߖ߭ߊ߫ -- Congo-Brazzaville

ߞߏ߲߬ߜ߭ߏ߫-ߞߌ߲ߛߊߛߊ߫ -- Congo-Kinshasa

ߜ߭ߞߘߏߥߊߙߌ߫ or ߜߋ߲-ߞߐ߰ߖߌ߬ߘߊ -- Côte d'Ivoire

ߡߌߛߌ߬ߙߊ߲߬ or ߋߖ߭ߌߔߑߕ -- Egypt

ߕߍߡߊߓߊ߲߮-ߖߌ߬ߣߍ߫ -- Equatorial Guinea

ߜ߭ߊߓߐ߲߫ -- Gabon

ߜ߭ߊ߲ߓߌ߫ -- Gambia

ߜ߭ߊ߯ߣߊ߫ -- Ghana

ߖߌ߬ߣߍ߬ or ߖߌ߬ߣߍ߫  -- Guinea

ߖߌ߬ߣߍ߫ ߓߌߛߊߥߏ߫ -- Guinea-Bissau

ߟߌߓߋߙߌߦߊ߫ -- Liberia

ߟߓߌ߫ -- Libya

ߡߊߟߌ߫ or ߡߊ߬ߟߌ߬ -- Mali

ߡߙߎߕߊߣߌ߫ or ߡߏߙߌߕߊߣߌ߫ -- Mauritania

ߡߊ߬ߙߐߞߎ߬ -- Morocco

ߖߋ߬ߟߌ߬ߓߊ߬ߘߎ߯ or ߖߋ߬ߟߌ߬ߓߊߘߎ߯ -- Niger

ߖߋ߬ߟߌ߬ߓߊ߬ߟߊ߫ -- Nigeria

ߛߍ߲ߕ-ߋߟߍߣ -- Saint Helena

ߛߊߥߕߏߡߋ߫ ߣߌ߫ ߔߑߙߍ߲ߛߌߔ -- São Tomé & Príncipe

ߛߣߍ߬ߜ߭ߊߟߌ߫ or ߛߣߍ߬ߜߊ߯ߟߌ߫ -- Senegal

ߛߙߊ߬ߟߏ߲߫ -- Sierra Leone

ߛߎߘߊ߲߫ -- Sudan

ߕߜ߭ߏ߫ -- Togo

ߕߎߣߖ߭ߌ߫ -- Tunisia

ߞߌ߲߬ߢߍ߬ߞߏ߲ߞߏ߫ ߕߟߋ߬ߓߋ -- Western Sahara

Bibliographic terms

ߟߌߓߙߎ, ߟߌߥߙߎ, ߟߍߙߊ, ߞߌ߬ߕߊ߬ߓߎ ,ߞߊ߬ߝߊ ,ߓߞߎ ,ߜߊߝߋ -- book

ߞߊ߲߬ߝߐ -- novel

ߜߌ߬ߙߌ߲߬ߘߌ߬ -- print

ߓߊ߲ߞߌ߫ -- publish

ߞߐߜߍ, ߕߍ߯ߟߍ߲ -- page

ߘߐ߬ߛߙߋ -- document

ߘߐ߬ߛߌ߮ -- dissertation

Ordinals

ߝߟߐ -- first

ߝߌ߬ߟߊ߲ -- second

ߛߓߊߣߊ߲ -- third

ߣߊ߯ߣߌ߲ߣߊ߲ -- fourth

ߟߏ߯ߟߎߣߊ -- fifth

Personal titles

ߘߐ߰ߕߙߐ -- Doctor

ߞߏ߲߬ߓߏ -- Doctor in science

ߝߏߘߋ -- Doctor in theology

Roles

ߘߊ߲ߓߊ߮ ,ߛߓߍߦߟߊ -- author

Other Resources

ALA-LC Romanization table: https://www.loc.gov/catdir/cpso/romanization/mande-n%27ko.pdf

N'ko web-based input tool: https://r12a.github.io/pickers/nko/

Keymanweb for N'ko:  https://keymanweb.com/?&_ga=2.103325573.485485663.1583955020-406205683.1...

N'ko conversion tool: http://nkoconvert.ho.ua/

Article on the N'ko corpus: https://journals.openedition.org/mandenkan/1360?lang=en

Maninka bibliography: http://cormand.huma-num.fr/maninkabiblio/ouvrages.jsp

N'ko Wikipedia: https://nqo.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DF%93%DF%8F%DF%AC%DF%9F%DF%8F%DF%B2%DF%A...

Sources: https://catalogingafricana.files.wordpress.com/2012/04/map-of-mali-in-nk..., and http://www.mali-pense.net/mnk/lexicon/. Thanks to Prof. Valentin Vydrin and Michael Erickson for their assistance.

Uses data from Unicode CLDR:  https://cldr.unicode.org/