# Gambia National Languages Orthographic Descriptions

## Mandinka
- **Name**: Mandinka
- **Valid Characters**: abcdefghijklmnñŋoprstuwy
- **Prenasalized Combinations**: mb, mf, mp, nc, nd, nj, nk, ns, nt, ŋñ, ŋy, ll, mm, nn
- **Teaching Sequence**:
  - **Term 1 (Grade 1)**: a, aa, e, ee, i, ii, o, oo, b, c, d, n, l, m, k, t, f, h, j, p, s, r
  - **Term 2 (Grade 1)**:
    - Week 1: ñ
    - Week 2: ŋ
    - Week 3: u
    - Week 4: uu
    - Week 5: w
    - Week 6: y
    - Week 7: mb
    - Week 8: mf
    - Week 9: mp
    - Week 10: nc
  - **Term 3 (Grade 1)**:
    - Week 1: nd
    - Week 2: nj
    - Week 3: nk
    - Week 4: ns
    - Week 5: nt
    - Week 6: ŋñ
    - Week 7: ŋy
    - Week 8: ll
    - Week 9: mm
    - Week 10: nn, g

## Seereer
- **Name**: Seereer
- **Valid Characters**: abcdɓɗeëfghijklmnñŋoóɔpƥqrstƭuwxyƴ'
- **Prenasalized Combinations**: mb, nd, ng, nj
- **Teaching Sequence**:
  - **Term 1 (Grade 1)**: a, aa, e, ee, i, ii, o, oo, b, m, d, f, g, k, l, j, s, n, t, w, p, r
  - **Term 2 (Grade 1)**:
    - Week 1: x
    - Week 2: h
    - Week 3: c
    - Week 4: u
    - Week 5: uu
    - Week 6: y
    - Week 7: ñ
    - Week 8: ɗ
    - Week 9: ɓ
    - Week 10: q
  - **Term 3 (Grade 1)**:
    - Week 1: ƥ
    - Week 2: ŋ
    - Week 3: ƥ
    - Week 4: ƴ
    - Week 5: ƭ
    - Week 6: mb
    - Week 7: nd
    - Week 8: nj
    - Week 9: ng
    - Week 10: '

## Manjaku
- **Name**: Manjaku
- **Valid Characters**: abcdefgijklmnñŋoprstuwyëäáíύú
- **Prenasalized Combinations**: mb, mp, nc, nd, ng, nj, nk, nt, nts, ts, ia, ie, ua, ue, aa, ee, ii, oo, uu
- **Teaching Sequence**:
  - **Term 1 (Grade 1)**: a, aa, e, ee, i, ii, o, oo, b, k, p, c, m, l, n, j, t, ë, r, d, w, y
  - **Term 2 (Grade 1)**:
    - Week 1: u, uu
    - Week 2: s, g
    - Week 3: f, ts
    - Week 4: ñ, ŋ
    - Week 5: ia
    - Week 6: ie
    - Week 7: ng
    - Week 8: nj, nt
  - **Term 3 (Grade 1)**: ua, ue, nc, nk, nd, mp, mb, nts, á, ä, ί, í

This document covers orthographic details for 3 of the 7 national languages in Gambia as part of the FLP material development. Additional languages will be updated soon.