Artificial Language · ISO 639-3 nqo
N'Ko Language ߒߞߏ
N'Ko is an Artificial Language language spoken by about 27 million people in 9 countries. It is written in the N’Ko script.
Where N'Ko is spoken
- Official language
- Regional official
- Spoken by 10%+
- 1–10%
- Smaller communities
About the N'Ko language
N'Ko (ߒߞߏ) is spoken by about 27 million people, which makes it the 58th most spoken language in the world — just behind Northern Uzbek (28 million) and ahead of Cebuano (26 million). It belongs to the Artificial Language language family.
Where is N'Ko spoken?
N'Ko is used in 9 countries. The largest communities live in Guinea (699,310).
N'Ko is not a national official language anywhere.
Writing system and status
N'Ko is written in the N’Ko script. Glottolog classifies it as extinct, meaning fewer children learn it than in the past.
Its closest relatives in the same branch of the family are Esperanto.
ISO codes: ISO 639-3 nqo.
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Data: Languages of the World dataset (MIT) — ISO 639-3, Glottolog (CC BY 4.0), Unicode CLDR, Google LinguaMeta (CC BY 4.0) and Wikidata; country lists: samayo/country-json (MIT). Speaker numbers include first- and second-language speakers where sources report them.