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interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%82%E0%A6%B9%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%BF_%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%AA%E0%A6%BF" title="সিংহলি লিপি – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="সিংহলি লিপি" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বাংলা</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-br mw-list-item"><a href="https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skritur_sinhalek" title="Skritur sinhalek – Breton" lang="br" hreflang="br" data-title="Skritur sinhalek" data-language-autonym="Brezhoneg" data-language-local-name="Breton" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Brezhoneg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singhalesische_Schrift" title="Singhalesische Schrift – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Singhalesische Schrift" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singali_t%C3%A4hestik" title="Singali tähestik – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Singali tähestik" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-en mw-list-item"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinhala_script" title="Sinhala script – English" lang="en" hreflang="en" data-title="Sinhala script" data-language-autonym="English" data-language-local-name="English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfabeto_cingal%C3%A9s" title="Alfabeto cingalés – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Alfabeto cingalés" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%81%D8%A8%D8%A7%DB%8C_%D8%B3%DB%8C%D9%86%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7" title="الفبای سینهالا – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="الفبای سینهالا" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alphasyllabaire_singhalais" title="Alphasyllabaire singhalais – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Alphasyllabaire singhalais" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%8B%B1%ED%95%A0%EB%9D%BC_%EB%AC%B8%EC%9E%90" title="싱할라 문자 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="싱할라 문자" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%B2_%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%BF" title="सिंहल लिपि – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="सिंहल लिपि" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>हिन्दी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aksara_Sinhala" title="Aksara Sinhala – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Aksara Sinhala" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a 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mw-list-item"><a href="https://lfn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfabeta_sinhales" title="Alfabeta sinhales – Lingua Franca Nova" lang="lfn" hreflang="lfn" data-title="Alfabeta sinhales" data-language-autonym="Lingua Franca Nova" data-language-local-name="Lingua Franca Nova" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lingua Franca Nova</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-my mw-list-item"><a href="https://my.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%80%9E%E1%80%AE%E1%80%9F%E1%80%AD%E1%80%AF%E1%80%A0%E1%80%BA%E1%80%A1%E1%80%80%E1%80%B9%E1%80%81%E1%80%9B%E1%80%AC" title="သီဟိုဠ်အက္ခရာ – Burmese" lang="my" hreflang="my" data-title="သီဟိုဠ်အက္ခရာ" data-language-autonym="မြန်မာဘာသာ" data-language-local-name="Burmese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>မြန်မာဘာသာ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ne mw-list-item"><a href="https://ne.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%B2%E0%A5%80_%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%BF" title="सिंहली लिपि – Nepali" lang="ne" hreflang="ne" data-title="सिंहली लिपि" data-language-autonym="नेपाली" data-language-local-name="Nepali" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>नेपाली</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B7%E3%83%B3%E3%83%8F%E3%83%A9%E6%96%87%E5%AD%97" title="シンハラ文字 – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="シンハラ文字" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singalesisk_skrift" title="Singalesisk skrift – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Singalesisk skrift" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pa mw-list-item"><a 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id="mw-content-subtitle"></div></div> <div id="mw-content-text" class="mw-body-content"><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r9689576">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-header,body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-subheader,body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-above,body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-title,body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-image,body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data,body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-below{text-align:center}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data div{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and 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<div></div> <div></div> <div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:The_word_%27%E0%B7%83%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%82%E0%B7%84%E0%B6%BD%27_in_Noto_Serif_Sinhala_font.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/The_word_%27%E0%B7%83%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%82%E0%B7%84%E0%B6%BD%27_in_Noto_Serif_Sinhala_font.png/220px-The_word_%27%E0%B7%83%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%82%E0%B7%84%E0%B6%BD%27_in_Noto_Serif_Sinhala_font.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="93" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/The_word_%27%E0%B7%83%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%82%E0%B7%84%E0%B6%BD%27_in_Noto_Serif_Sinhala_font.png/330px-The_word_%27%E0%B7%83%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%82%E0%B7%84%E0%B6%BD%27_in_Noto_Serif_Sinhala_font.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/The_word_%27%E0%B7%83%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%82%E0%B7%84%E0%B6%BD%27_in_Noto_Serif_Sinhala_font.png/440px-The_word_%27%E0%B7%83%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%82%E0%B7%84%E0%B6%BD%27_in_Noto_Serif_Sinhala_font.png 2x" data-file-width="631" data-file-height="267" /></a><figcaption><i>සිංහල</i> in Noto Serif Sinhala font</figcaption></figure> <p><b>Sinhala script</b> (<a href="/wiki/Sinhala_language" title="Sinhala language">Sinhala</a>: සිංහල අක්ෂර මාලාව; <i>Siṁhala Akṣara Mālāva</i>) is an <a href="/wiki/Abugida" title="Abugida">Abugida</a>, a <a href="/wiki/Writing_system" title="Writing system">script</a> between a <a href="/wiki/Syllabic_script" class="mw-redirect" title="Syllabic script">syllabic</a> and <a href="/wiki/Alphabetic_script" class="mw-redirect" title="Alphabetic script">alphabetic script</a>. It is also known as <b>Sinhalese script</b>. It is written from left to right. It is used to write <a href="/wiki/Sinhala_language" title="Sinhala language">Sinhala</a>, which is the official language of <a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka" title="Sri Lanka">Sri Lanka</a>. It is also used to write <a href="/wiki/Sanskrit" title="Sanskrit">Sanskrit</a> and <a href="/wiki/Pali_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Pali language">Pali</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-World_408_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-World_408-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> These languages are used for <a href="/wiki/Religion" title="Religion">religious</a> <a href="/wiki/Text" class="mw-disambig" title="Text">texts</a>. The Sinhalese Akṣara Mālāva, one of the <a href="/wiki/Brahmic_scripts" title="Brahmic scripts">Brahmic scripts</a>, comes from the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Ancient_Indian_Brahmi_script&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ancient Indian Brahmi script (not yet started)">Ancient Indian Brahmi script</a>. It is also related to the ancient <a href="/wiki/Kannada_script" title="Kannada script">Kannada script</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-masica_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-masica-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sinhala_script&veaction=edit&section=1" title="Change section: History" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>change</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sinhala_script&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section's source code: History"><span>change source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Sinhala script comes from <a href="/w/index.php?title=Brahmi&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Brahmi (not yet started)">Brahmi</a>, and was imported from Northern India, around the 3rd century BCE.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Sinhala script developed in a complex way: Part independently but also strongly influenced by South Indian scripts at various stages.<sup id="cite_ref-cardona_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cardona-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is clearly influenced by the early <a href="/w/index.php?title=Grantha_script&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Grantha script (not yet started)">Grantha script</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-World_408_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-World_408-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Pottery from the 6th century BCE has been found in <a href="/wiki/Anuradhapura" title="Anuradhapura">Anuradhapura</a>, with <a href="/wiki/Stone_Age" title="Stone Age">lithic</a> <a href="https://simple.wiktionary.org/wiki/inscription" class="extiw" title="wikt:inscription">inscriptions</a> dating from 2nd century BCE written in <a href="/wiki/Prakrit" title="Prakrit">Prakrit</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Medieval Sinhalese first began to be used around 750 AD. It has a very strong influence from the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Grantha_script&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Grantha script (not yet started)">Grantha script</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-diringer_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-diringer-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As a result, Medieval (and modern) Sinhalese look similar to the South Indian scripts.<sup id="cite_ref-cardona_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cardona-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> By the 9th century CE, <a href="/wiki/Literature" title="Literature">literature</a> written in Sinhala script appeared and the script began to be used in other texts. As an example, the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Pali_canon&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Pali canon (not yet started)">Buddhist literature</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Theravada" title="Theravada">Theravada-Buddhists</a> of Sri Lanka, written in <a href="/wiki/Pali" title="Pali">Pali</a>, used Sinhala script. </p><p>Modern Sinhalese first appeared in the 13th century and is marked by the writing of the grammar book <i>Sidat Sangara</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-diringer_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-diringer-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1736, the Dutch were the first to print with Sinhala <a href="/wiki/Typeface" title="Typeface">type</a> on the island. The resulting type followed the features of the native Sinhala script that was written on palm leaves. The Dutch created type that was the same width throughout the letters (monolinear) with no separation between words in early documents. During the <a href="/w/index.php?title=History_of_British_Ceylon&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="History of British Ceylon (not yet started)">Colonial period</a>, a new style of Sinhala also began to used which was high <a href="/w/index.php?title=Contrast&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Contrast (not yet started)">contrast</a> and had different thicknesses. This high contrast type slowly replaced the monolinear type as the preferred style.<sup id="cite_ref-Dalton_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Dalton-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Today, the alphabet is used by over 16 million people to write Sinhala in very different situations, such as newspapers, TV commercials, government announcements, <a href="/wiki/Graffiti" title="Graffiti">graffiti</a>, and schoolbooks. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Sinhala_language" title="Sinhala language">Sinhala</a> is the main language written in this script, but rare instances of <a href="/w/index.php?title=Sri_Lankan_Creole_Malay&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Sri Lankan Creole Malay (not yet started)">Sri Lanka Malay</a> are recorded.<sup id="cite_ref-Nordhoff2009_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Nordhoff2009-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Types_of_alphabets">Types of alphabets</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sinhala_script&veaction=edit&section=2" title="Change section: Types of alphabets" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>change</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sinhala_script&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section's source code: Types of alphabets"><span>change source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Sidath_sangara_alphabet">Sidath sangara alphabet</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sinhala_script&veaction=edit&section=3" title="Change section: Sidath sangara alphabet" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>change</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sinhala_script&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section's source code: Sidath sangara alphabet"><span>change source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>This alphabet was invented in the Dambadeniya period (1220–1345).<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This is the first specific Sinhala alphabet to be found in writing. </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="6">Vowels (10) </th></tr> <tr> <td>අ </td> <td>ආ </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td>ඉ </td> <td>ඊ </td></tr> <tr> <td>උ </td> <td>ඌ </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>එ </td> <td>ඒ </td> <td> </td> <td>ඔ </td> <td>ඕ </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="6"> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="6">Consonants (20) </th></tr> <tr> <td>ක </td> <td> </td> <td>ග </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td>ජ </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>ට </td> <td> </td> <td>ඩ </td> <td> </td> <td>ණ </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>ත </td> <td> </td> <td>ද </td> <td> </td> <td>න </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>ප </td> <td> </td> <td>බ </td> <td> </td> <td>ම </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>ය </td> <td>ර </td> <td>ල </td> <td>ව </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td>ස </td> <td>හ </td> <td>ළ </td> <td>අං </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Śuddha_set"><span id=".C5.9Auddha_set"></span>Śuddha set</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sinhala_script&veaction=edit&section=4" title="Change section: Śuddha set" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>change</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sinhala_script&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section's source code: Śuddha set"><span>change source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>This alphabet includes the letters usually used everyday. It is enough to write almost every word in Sinhala. </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="6">Vowels (12) </th></tr> <tr> <td>අ</td> <td>ආ</td> <td>ඇ</td> <td>ඈ</td> <td>ඉ</td> <td>ඊ </td></tr> <tr> <td>උ</td> <td>ඌ</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>එ</td> <td>ඒ</td> <td></td> <td>ඔ</td> <td>ඕ</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="6"> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="6">Consonants (20) </th></tr> <tr> <td>ක</td> <td></td> <td>ග</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td></td> <td></td> <td>ජ</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>ට</td> <td></td> <td>ඩ</td> <td></td> <td>ණ</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>ත</td> <td></td> <td>ද</td> <td></td> <td>න</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>ප</td> <td></td> <td>බ</td> <td></td> <td>ම</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>ය</td> <td>ර</td> <td>ල</td> <td>ව</td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td></td> <td></td> <td>ස</td> <td>හ</td> <td>ළ</td> <td>අං </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Miśra_set"><span id="Mi.C5.9Bra_set"></span>Miśra set</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sinhala_script&veaction=edit&section=5" title="Change section: Miśra set" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>change</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sinhala_script&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section's source code: Miśra set"><span>change source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Śuddha set was not enough to spell Pali and Sanskrit words correctly. So, new letters had to be used. This alphabet first appears in Abraham Mendis Gunasekara's Comprehensive Grammar of the Sinhalese Language, a grammar book published in 1891.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="6">Vowels (18) </th></tr> <tr> <td>අ </td> <td>ආ </td> <td>ඇ </td> <td>ඈ </td> <td>ඉ </td> <td>ඊ </td></tr> <tr> <td>උ </td> <td>ඌ </td> <td>ඍ </td> <td>ඎ </td> <td>ඏ </td> <td>ඐ </td></tr> <tr> <td>එ </td> <td>ඒ </td> <td>ඓ </td> <td>ඔ </td> <td>ඕ </td> <td>ඖ </td></tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="6"> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="6">Consonants (36) </th></tr> <tr> <td>ක </td> <td>ඛ </td> <td>ග </td> <td>ඝ </td> <td>ඞ </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>ච </td> <td>ඡ </td> <td>ජ </td> <td>ඣ </td> <td>ඤ </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>ට </td> <td>ඨ </td> <td>ඩ </td> <td>ඪ </td> <td>ණ </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>ත </td> <td>ථ </td> <td>ද </td> <td>ධ </td> <td>න </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>ප </td> <td>ඵ </td> <td>බ </td> <td>භ </td> <td>ම </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>ය </td> <td>ර </td> <td>ල </td> <td>ව </td> <td> </td> <td>අඃ </td></tr> <tr> <td>ශ </td> <td>ෂ </td> <td>ස </td> <td>හ </td> <td>ළ </td> <td>අං </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="National_Institute_of_Education_Alphabet">National Institute of Education Alphabet</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sinhala_script&veaction=edit&section=6" title="Change section: National Institute of Education Alphabet" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>change</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sinhala_script&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section's source code: National Institute of Education Alphabet"><span>change source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The alphabet was adopted by the National Institute of Education in 1989. This is the alphabet commonly used in schools in Sri Lanka. </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="6">Vowels (18) </th></tr> <tr> <td>අ</td> <td>ආ</td> <td>ඇ</td> <td>ඈ</td> <td>ඉ</td> <td>ඊ </td></tr> <tr> <td>උ</td> <td>ඌ</td> <td>ඍ</td> <td>ඎ</td> <td>ඏ</td> <td>ඐ </td></tr> <tr> <td>එ</td> <td>ඒ</td> <td>ඓ</td> <td>ඔ</td> <td>ඕ</td> <td>ඖ </td></tr> <tr> <td>අං</td> <td>අඃ</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="6"> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="6">Consonants (40) </th></tr> <tr> <td>ක</td> <td>ඛ</td> <td>ග</td> <td>ඝ</td> <td>ඞ</td> <td>ඟ </td></tr> <tr> <td>ච</td> <td>ඡ</td> <td>ජ</td> <td>ඣ</td> <td>ඤ</td> <td>ඦ </td></tr> <tr> <td>ට</td> <td>ඨ</td> <td>ඩ</td> <td>ඪ</td> <td>ණ</td> <td>ඬ </td></tr> <tr> <td>ත</td> <td>ථ</td> <td>ද</td> <td>ධ</td> <td>න</td> <td>ඳ </td></tr> <tr> <td>ප</td> <td>ඵ</td> <td>බ</td> <td>භ</td> <td>ම</td> <td>ඹ </td></tr> <tr> <td>ය</td> <td>ර</td> <td>ල</td> <td>ව</td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>ශ</td> <td>ෂ</td> <td>ස</td> <td>හ</td> <td>ළ</td> <td>ෆ </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Contemporary_Sinhala_Alphabet_(Modern_Sinhala_Alphabet)"><span id="Contemporary_Sinhala_Alphabet_.28Modern_Sinhala_Alphabet.29"></span>Contemporary Sinhala Alphabet (Modern Sinhala Alphabet)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sinhala_script&veaction=edit&section=7" title="Change section: Contemporary Sinhala Alphabet (Modern Sinhala Alphabet)" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>change</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sinhala_script&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section's source code: Contemporary Sinhala Alphabet (Modern Sinhala Alphabet)"><span>change source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>This alphabet was first published in 1990 by J.B. Dissanayake.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Here, the vowels <b>අ</b> and <b>ආ</b> have two forms as open and closed. </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="6">Vowels(18) </th></tr> <tr> <td>අ (open) </td> <td>ආ(open) </td> <td>ඇ </td> <td>ඈ </td> <td>ඉ </td> <td>ඊ </td></tr> <tr> <td>උ </td> <td>ඌ </td> <td>ඍ </td> <td>ඎ </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>එ </td> <td>ඒ </td> <td>ඓ </td> <td>ඔ </td> <td>ඕ </td> <td>ඖ </td></tr> <tr> <td>අ (closed) </td> <td>ආ(closed) </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="6"> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="6">Consonants (42) </th></tr> <tr> <td>ක </td> <td>ඛ </td> <td>ග </td> <td>ඝ </td> <td>ඞ </td> <td>ඟ </td></tr> <tr> <td>ච </td> <td>ඡ </td> <td>ජ </td> <td>ඣ </td> <td>ඤ </td> <td>ඥ </td></tr> <tr> <td>ට </td> <td>ඨ </td> <td>ඩ </td> <td>ඪ </td> <td>ණ </td> <td>ඬ </td></tr> <tr> <td>ත </td> <td>ථ </td> <td>ද </td> <td>ධ </td> <td>න </td> <td>ඳ </td></tr> <tr> <td>ප </td> <td>ඵ </td> <td>බ </td> <td>භ </td> <td>ම </td> <td>ඹ </td></tr> <tr> <td>ය </td> <td>ර </td> <td>ල </td> <td>ව </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>ශ </td> <td>ෂ </td> <td>ස </td> <td>හ </td> <td>ළ </td> <td>ෆ </td></tr> <tr> <td>අං </td> <td>අඃ </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="International_Standards_Institution_Sinhala_Alphabet">International Standards Institution Sinhala Alphabet</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sinhala_script&veaction=edit&section=8" title="Change section: International Standards Institution Sinhala Alphabet" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>change</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sinhala_script&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section's source code: International Standards Institution Sinhala Alphabet"><span>change source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="7">Vowels (18) </th></tr> <tr> <td>අ</td> <td>ආ</td> <td>ඇ</td> <td>ඈ</td> <td>ඉ</td> <td>ඊ </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>උ</td> <td>ඌ</td> <td>ඍ</td> <td>ඎ</td> <td>ඏ</td> <td>ඐ </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>එ</td> <td>ඒ</td> <td>ඓ</td> <td>ඔ</td> <td>ඕ</td> <td>ඖ </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="7"> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="7">Consonants (43) </th></tr> <tr> <td>ක</td> <td>ඛ</td> <td>ග</td> <td>ඝ</td> <td>ඞ</td> <td>ඟ </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>ච</td> <td>ඡ</td> <td>ජ</td> <td>ඣ</td> <td>ඤ</td> <td>ඦ </td> <td>ඥ </td></tr> <tr> <td>ට</td> <td>ඨ</td> <td>ඩ</td> <td>ඪ</td> <td>ණ</td> <td>ඬ </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>ත</td> <td>ථ</td> <td>ද</td> <td>ධ</td> <td>න</td> <td>ඳ </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>ප</td> <td>ඵ</td> <td>බ</td> <td>භ</td> <td>ම</td> <td>ඹ </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>ය</td> <td>ර</td> <td>ල</td> <td>ව</td> <td></td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>ශ</td> <td>ෂ</td> <td>ස</td> <td>හ</td> <td>ළ</td> <td>ෆ </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>අං </td> <td>අඃ </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Unicode_Sinhala_Alphabet">Unicode Sinhala Alphabet</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sinhala_script&veaction=edit&section=9" title="Change section: Unicode Sinhala Alphabet" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>change</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sinhala_script&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section's source code: Unicode Sinhala Alphabet"><span>change source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="6">ස්වර (18) </th></tr> <tr> <td>අ </td> <td>ආ </td> <td>ඇ </td> <td>ඈ </td> <td>ඉ </td> <td>ඊ </td></tr> <tr> <td>උ </td> <td>ඌ </td> <td>ඍ </td> <td>ඎ </td> <td>ඏ </td> <td>ඐ </td></tr> <tr> <td>එ </td> <td>ඒ </td> <td>ඓ </td> <td>ඔ </td> <td>ඕ </td> <td>ඖ </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="6"> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="6">ව්‍යංජන (45) </th></tr> <tr> <td>ක </td> <td>ඛ </td> <td>ග </td> <td>ඝ </td> <td>ඞ </td> <td>ඟ </td></tr> <tr> <td>ච </td> <td>ඡ </td> <td>ජ </td> <td>ඣ </td> <td>ඤ </td> <td>ඦ </td></tr> <tr> <td>ට </td> <td>ඨ </td> <td>ඩ </td> <td>ඪ </td> <td>ණ </td> <td>ඬ </td></tr> <tr> <td>ත </td> <td>ථ </td> <td>ද </td> <td>ධ </td> <td>න </td> <td>ඳ </td></tr> <tr> <td>ප </td> <td>ඵ </td> <td>බ </td> <td>භ </td> <td>ම </td> <td>ඹ </td></tr> <tr> <td>ය </td> <td>ර </td> <td>ල </td> <td>ව </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>ශ </td> <td>ෂ </td> <td>ස </td> <td>හ </td> <td>ළ </td> <td>ෆ </td></tr> <tr> <td>අං </td> <td>අඃ </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>ක්‍ෂ </td> <td>ඥ </td> <td>ළු </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Structure">Structure</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sinhala_script&veaction=edit&section=10" title="Change section: Structure" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>change</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sinhala_script&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section's source code: Structure"><span>change source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:%E0%B7%81%E0%B7%8A%E2%80%8D%E0%B6%BB%E0%B7%93_(%C5%9Ar%C4%AB)_in_Sinhala_with_components_marked.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="The word ශ්‍රී (Śrī) in the Sinhala script with its components marked is displayed here." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/%E0%B7%81%E0%B7%8A%E2%80%8D%E0%B6%BB%E0%B7%93_%28%C5%9Ar%C4%AB%29_in_Sinhala_with_components_marked.svg/220px-%E0%B7%81%E0%B7%8A%E2%80%8D%E0%B6%BB%E0%B7%93_%28%C5%9Ar%C4%AB%29_in_Sinhala_with_components_marked.svg.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="197" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/%E0%B7%81%E0%B7%8A%E2%80%8D%E0%B6%BB%E0%B7%93_%28%C5%9Ar%C4%AB%29_in_Sinhala_with_components_marked.svg/330px-%E0%B7%81%E0%B7%8A%E2%80%8D%E0%B6%BB%E0%B7%93_%28%C5%9Ar%C4%AB%29_in_Sinhala_with_components_marked.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/%E0%B7%81%E0%B7%8A%E2%80%8D%E0%B6%BB%E0%B7%93_%28%C5%9Ar%C4%AB%29_in_Sinhala_with_components_marked.svg/440px-%E0%B7%81%E0%B7%8A%E2%80%8D%E0%B6%BB%E0%B7%93_%28%C5%9Ar%C4%AB%29_in_Sinhala_with_components_marked.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="441" data-file-height="395" /></a><figcaption>ශ්‍රී (Śrī) in the Sinhala script with its components marked.</figcaption></figure> <p>It uses <a href="/wiki/Consonant" title="Consonant">consonants</a> as its base unit. To make different sounds, small strokes of lines called 'pili' (in <a href="/wiki/Sinhala_language" title="Sinhala language">Sinhala</a>) are written before, after, above or below the base consonant. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Example">Example</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sinhala_script&veaction=edit&section=11" title="Change section: Example" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>change</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sinhala_script&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section's source code: Example"><span>change source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>ක = 'ka' sound <i>(this is the base consonant)</i> </p><p>ක + ි = කි = 'ki' sound <i>(a small <a href="/wiki/Arch" title="Arch">arch</a> like shape is placed on top of ක)</i> </p><p>ක + ් = ක් = 'k' sound <i>(a small flag like shape is placed on top of ක)</i> </p><p>ක + ෙ = කෙ = 'ke' sound <i>(a swirl is placed in front of ක)</i> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Letters_and_how_they_are_pronounced">Letters and how they are pronounced</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sinhala_script&veaction=edit&section=12" title="Change section: Letters and how they are pronounced" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>change</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sinhala_script&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section's source code: Letters and how they are pronounced"><span>change source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:New_Sinhala_Alphabet.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="The Sinhala alphabet is shown here." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/New_Sinhala_Alphabet.jpg/220px-New_Sinhala_Alphabet.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="283" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/New_Sinhala_Alphabet.jpg/330px-New_Sinhala_Alphabet.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/New_Sinhala_Alphabet.jpg/440px-New_Sinhala_Alphabet.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1366" data-file-height="1756" /></a><figcaption>The Sinhala Alphabet </figcaption></figure> <p>Here, the letters of the National Institute of Education Alphabet are shown. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Vowels">Vowels</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sinhala_script&veaction=edit&section=13" title="Change section: Vowels" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>change</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sinhala_script&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section's source code: Vowels"><span>change source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>There are 18 vowels. </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Vowels </th> <td>අ</td> <td>ආ</td> <td>ඇ</td> <td>ඈ</td> <td>ඉ</td> <td>ඊ</td> <td>උ</td> <td>ඌ</td> <td>ඍ</td> <td>ඎ</td> <td>ඏ</td> <td>ඐ</td> <td>එ</td> <td>ඒ</td> <td>ඓ</td> <td>ඔ</td> <td>ඕ</td> <td>ඖ </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/w/index.php?title=ISO_15919&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="ISO 15919 (not yet started)">Transliteration</a> </th> <td>a</td> <td>ā</td> <td>æ</td> <td>ǣ</td> <td>i</td> <td>ī</td> <td>u</td> <td>ū</td> <td>r̥</td> <td>r̥̄</td> <td>l̥</td> <td>l̥̄</td> <td>e</td> <td>ē</td> <td>ai</td> <td>o</td> <td>ō</td> <td>au </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA" title="Help:IPA">IPA</a> </th> <td>[a,ə]</td> <td>[aː,a]</td> <td>[æ]</td> <td>[æː]</td> <td>[i]</td> <td>[iː]</td> <td>[u]</td> <td>[uː]</td> <td>[ri,ru]</td> <td>[riː,ruː]</td> <td>[li]</td> <td>[li:]</td> <td>[e]</td> <td>[eː]</td> <td>[ɑj]</td> <td>[o]</td> <td>[oː]</td> <td>[ɑw] </td></tr></tbody></table> <ul><li><b>අ</b> is pronounced like the <i>u</i> in <i>c<u>u</u>t</i></li> <li><b>ආ</b> is pronounced like the <i>a</i> in <i>f<u>a</u>ther</i></li> <li><b>ඇ</b> is pronounced like the <i>a</i> in <i>c<u>a</u>t</i></li> <li><b>ඈ</b> is pronounced like <b>ඇ</b> but the sound is held longer</li> <li><b>ඉ</b> is pronounced like the i in <i><u>i</u>s</i></li> <li><b>ඊ</b> is pronounced like the <i>ee</i> in <i>f<u>ee</u>t</i></li> <li><b>උ</b> is pronounced like the <i>u</i> in <i>p<u>u</u>t</i></li> <li><b>ඌ</b> is pronounced like the <i>u</i> in <i>fl<u>u</u>te</i></li> <li><b>ඍ</b> is pronounced like the <i>ri</i> in <i><u>ri</u>ver</i> <small>(when it is combined with a consonant, it is pronounced like <i>ru</i>)</small></li> <li><b>ඎ</b> is pronounced like the <i>ree</i> in <i><u>ree</u>l</i> <small>This vowel occurs rarely</small></li> <li><b>ඏ</b> is pronounced as <i>li</i> or <i>lu</i>. <small>This vowel is no longer in use</small></li> <li><b>ඐ</b> is pronounced as <b>ඏ</b> but the sound is held longer. <small>This vowel is no longer in use</small></li> <li><b>එ</b> is pronounced like the <i>e</i> in <i>b<u>e</u>d</i></li> <li><b>ඒ</b> is pronounced like the <i>a</i> in <i><u>a</u>ncient</i></li> <li><b>ඓ</b> is pronounced like <i><u>eye</u></i></li> <li><b>ඔ</b> is pronounced like the <i>o</i> in <i>c<u>o</u>t</i></li> <li><b>ඕ</b> is pronounced like the <i>o</i> in <i>g<u>o</u></i></li> <li><b>ඖ</b> is pronounced like the <i>ou</i> in <i>h<u>ou</u>se</i></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Consonants">Consonants</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sinhala_script&veaction=edit&section=14" title="Change section: Consonants" 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The consonants are divided into many groups based on how they are pronounced. </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Consonants </th> <td>ක</td> <td>ඛ</td> <td>ග</td> <td>ඝ</td> <td>ඞ</td> <td>ඟ</td> <td>ච</td> <td>ඡ</td> <td>ජ</td> <td>ඣ</td> <td>ඤ</td> <td>ඦ</td> <td>ට</td> <td>ඨ</td> <td>ඩ</td> <td>ඪ</td> <td>ණ</td> <td>ඬ</td> <td>ත</td> <td>ථ</td> <td>ද</td> <td>ධ</td> <td>න</td> <td>ඳ </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/w/index.php?title=ISO_15919&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="ISO 15919 (not yet started)">Transliteration</a> </th> <td>k</td> <td>kha</td> <td>g</td> <td>gha</td> <td>ṅa</td> <td>ňg</td> <td>c</td> <td>cha</td> <td>j</td> <td>jha</td> <td>ña</td> <td>n̆ja</td> <td>ṭ</td> <td>ṭha</td> <td>ḍ</td> <td>ḍha</td> <td>ṇ</td> <td>ňḍ</td> <td>t</td> <td>tha</td> <td>d</td> <td>dha</td> <td>na</td> <td>ňd </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA" title="Help:IPA">IPA</a> </th> <td>[k]</td> <td>[ka]</td> <td>[g]</td> <td>[ɡa]</td> <td>[ŋa]</td> <td>[ᵑɡ]</td> <td>[t͡ʃ~t͡ɕ]</td> <td>[t͡ʃa]</td> <td>[d͡ʒ~d͡ʑ]</td> <td>[d͡ʒa]</td> <td>[ɲa]</td> <td>[nd͡ʒa]</td> <td>[ʈ]</td> <td>[ʈa]</td> <td>[ɖ]</td> <td>[ɖa]</td> <td>[n]</td> <td>[ᶯɖ]</td> <td>[t]</td> <td>[t̪a]</td> <td>[d]</td> <td>[d̪a]</td> <td>[na]</td> <td>[ⁿd] </td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Consonants </th> <td>ප</td> <td>ඵ</td> <td>බ</td> <td>භ</td> <td>ම</td> <td>ඹ</td> <td>ය</td> <td>ර</td> <td>ල</td> <td>ව</td> <td>ශ</td> <td>ෂ</td> <td>ස</td> <td>හ</td> <td>ළ</td> <td>ෆ </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/w/index.php?title=ISO_15919&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="ISO 15919 (not yet started)">Transliteration</a> </th> <td>p</td> <td>pha</td> <td>b</td> <td>bha</td> <td>m</td> <td>m̌b</td> <td>y</td> <td>r</td> <td>l</td> <td>v</td> <td>śa</td> <td>ṣa</td> <td>s</td> <td>h</td> <td>ḷ</td> <td>f </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA" title="Help:IPA">IPA</a> </th> <td>[p]</td> <td>[pa]</td> <td>[b]</td> <td>[ba]</td> <td>[m]</td> <td>[ᵐb]</td> <td>[j]</td> <td>[r]</td> <td>[l]</td> <td>[ʋ]</td> <td>[sa]</td> <td>[sa]</td> <td>[s]</td> <td>[ɦ]</td> <td>[ɭ]</td> <td>[fa, ɸa, pa] </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The consonant ඥ (pronounced like ඤ - like the <i>ny</i> in <i>ca<u>ny</u>on</i>) is used today but it is <b>not included</b> in the National Institute of Education Alphabet. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sinhala_script&veaction=edit&section=15" title="Change section: References" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>change</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sinhala_script&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section's source code: References"><span>change source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Commons-logo.svg" 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(1993). <i>The Indo-Aryan Languages</i>. p. 143.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Indo-Aryan+Languages&rft.pages=143&rft.date=1993&rft.aulast=Masica&rft.aufirst=Colin+P.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fsimple.wikipedia.org%3ASinhala+script" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-3">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text">Daniels (1996), p. 379.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-cardona-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">↑ <sup><a href="#cite_ref-cardona_4-0">4.0</a></sup> <sup><a href="#cite_ref-cardona_4-1">4.1</a></sup></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r9724332"><cite id="CITEREFCardonaDhanesh2003" class="citation book cs1">Cardona, George; Dhanesh, Jain (2003). <i>The Indo-Aryan Languages</i>. p. 109.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Indo-Aryan+Languages&rft.pages=109&rft.date=2003&rft.aulast=Cardona&rft.aufirst=George&rft.au=Dhanesh%2C+Jain&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fsimple.wikipedia.org%3ASinhala+script" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-5">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r9724332"><cite id="CITEREFRay2003" class="citation book cs1">Ray, Himanshu Prabha (2003-08-14). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=iHHzP4uVpn4C&q=anuradhapura+brahmi&pg=PA119"><i>The Archaeology of Seafaring in Ancient South Asia</i></a>. 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">26 August</span> 2018</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Dalton+Maag&rft.atitle=The+Sinhala+Script&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fblog.daltonmaag.com%2Ftag%2Fnon-latin-fonts%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fsimple.wikipedia.org%3ASinhala+script" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Nordhoff2009-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-Nordhoff2009_8-0">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r9724332"><cite id="CITEREFNordhoff_S2009" class="citation book cs1">Nordhoff S (2009). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.lotpublications.nl/a-grammar-of-upcountry-sri-lanka-malay-a-grammar-of-upcountry-sri-lanka-malay"><i>A grammar of Upcountry Sri Lanka Malay</i></a>. 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(1995). නුතන සිංහල ලේඛන ව්‍යාකරණය: 1 අක්‍ෂර වින්‍යාසය. පි. 95</span> </li> </ol></div></div>    </div><noscript><img src="https://login.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:CentralAutoLogin/start?type=1x1" alt="" width="1" height="1" style="border: none; position: absolute;"></noscript> <div class="printfooter" data-nosnippet="">Retrieved from "<a dir="ltr" href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sinhala_script&oldid=9275095">https://simple.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sinhala_script&oldid=9275095</a>"</div></div> <div id="catlinks" class="catlinks" data-mw="interface"><div id="mw-normal-catlinks" class="mw-normal-catlinks"><a href="/wiki/Special:Categories" title="Special:Categories">Categories</a>: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Writing_systems" title="Category:Writing systems">Writing systems</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Sinhala_language" title="Category:Sinhala language">Sinhala language</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Brahmic_scripts" title="Category:Brahmic scripts">Brahmic scripts</a></li></ul></div><div id="mw-hidden-catlinks" class="mw-hidden-catlinks mw-hidden-cats-hidden">Hidden categories: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Pages_using_the_JsonConfig_extension" title="Category:Pages using the JsonConfig extension">Pages using the JsonConfig extension</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Articles_containing_Sinhala-language_text" title="Category:Articles containing Sinhala-language text">Articles containing Sinhala-language text</a></li></ul></div></div> </div> </main> </div> <div class="mw-footer-container"> <footer id="footer" class="mw-footer" > <ul id="footer-info"> <li id="footer-info-lastmod"> This page was last changed on 30 December 2023, at 17:58.</li> <li id="footer-info-copyright">Text is available under the <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="//creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/">Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Text_of_the_GNU_Free_Documentation_License" title="Wikipedia:Text of the GNU Free Documentation License">GFDL</a>; additional terms may apply. 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