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߲

nko combining nasalization mark

N’Ko Combining Nasalization Mark

߲ tells you to nasalize the vowel in N’Ko writing. It follows the vowel and comes before a tone mark when both are written; under the last digit of a number, it marks an ordinal, so ߂߲ means “second.”

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N’Ko nasal mark · N’Ko underdot · N’Ko nasal vowel · N’Ko ordinal mark · N’Ko tone mark · dot below N’Ko
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What ߲ means

It tells you to nasalize the vowel.

Sulemaana Kantè developed N’Ko as a separate script after experimenting with Arabic and Latin writing, unveiling it in Bingerville on April 14, 1949. It was designed to represent Manding sounds accurately, including tone, vowel length and nasal vowels, and to support literacy in people’s own languages, including Islamic education.

Before N’Ko, Manding was also written in Ajami: Arabic letters adapted to write African languages. Manding Ajami is attested by the late seventeenth century. N’Ko is a distinct script that became a shared literary medium across Manding languages—including Bamanan, Jula, Maninka and Mandinka—for Islamic teaching as well as Manding history and culture.

How do I type ߲ with a tone mark?

Keep ߲ between the vowel and its tone mark.

In stored N’Ko text, put ߲ after the vowel and before its tone mark. One vowel can carry both; a font with N’Ko mark positioning places them on opposite sides of the base.

In N’Ko writing, this mark belongs to the word or number it modifies.

A bare ߲ needs the vowel or digit it modifies; it has no reading on its own.

What it means when someone sends it to you

2 readings
After an N’Ko vowel
The vowel is nasalized.
Under the last N’Ko digit
It is the N’Ko ordinal mark: ߂߲ means “second.”

Don't confuse it with

3
◌̣
A generic combining dot below. It can look similar, but it is not the N’Ko nasalization mark.
߳
NKo Combining Double Dot Above
An N’Ko combining double dot above, used to represent foreign sounds.
߬
NKo Combining Short Low Tone
An N’Ko tone mark placed above a vowel; it marks tone and vowel length, not nasalization.

Questions people ask

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Why does ߲ look misplaced on my screen?

The text may be displayed with a font or layout system that lacks N’Ko mark positioning. That can put the dot in the wrong place without changing the character.

How to type ߲

Windows (Word)
Alt+XType 07F2, then Alt+X to get ߲.
Windows
Win+Rrun charmap for the full table, or use the emoji picker's Ω symbols tab (Win + .).
macOS
Control+Command+SpaceOpen the character viewer and search “nko combining nasalization mark”.
Linux
Ctrl+Shift+UType 07f2, then Enter or Space.
HTML
߲
CSS
\07F2
Vowel only
Type an N’Ko vowel, then ߲.
Vowel and tone
Type an N’Ko vowel, then ߲, then its tone mark.
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
߲
HTML hex
߲
CSS content
content: "\07F2";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%DF%B2
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On screen
1
Code points
1
JS .length
2
UTF-8 bytes

A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.

Families this belongs to

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