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nko exclamation mark

NKo Exclamation Mark

Use ߹ to give an N’Ko sentence exclamatory force; it fills the role of <code>!</code> in Latin-script writing.

Text symbol
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߹ · N’Ko punctuation · N’Ko keyboard
Shows up in
Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws

What ߹ means

It closes a sentence with emphasis. It is the N’Ko punctuation mark in an alphabet used for Manding languages such as Maninka, Dyula, and Bamanan.

An N’Ko Institute history dates the script’s completion to 1947; a scholarly history dates its creation to 1949, after Arabic- and Latin-based trials failed to represent Manding sounds and tones.

Within N’Ko writing, it is ordinary punctuation; elsewhere, it signals a deliberate N’Ko-script choice.

As of 2026, if ߹ shows as a square, the font or text viewer may lack N’Ko support.

Don't confuse it with

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!
Exclamation Mark
Latin `!` in N’Ko text has the same punctuation role, but ߹ is the N’Ko-script character.

Questions people ask

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Why does ߹ show as a box on some devices?

Because that device's fonts have no glyph for it. The character is still correct and still copies correctly — the box is a missing glyph, not a broken character.

How to type ߹

Windows (Word)
Alt+XType 07F9, 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 exclamation mark”.
Linux
Ctrl+Shift+UType 07f9, then Enter or Space.
HTML
&#x07F9;
CSS
\07F9
N’Ko keyboard
As of 2026, Keyman’s N’Ko keyboard layout maps the Latin `!` key to ߹.
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
&#2041;
HTML hex
&#x7F9;
CSS content
content: "\07F9";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%DF%B9
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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.

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