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The [[Sinhala alphabet]] is a script used in Sri Lanka to write the official language Sinhala and also sometimes the liturgical languages Pali and Sanskrit.

The [[Sinhala alphabetscript]] is a script[[writing system]] used in Sri Lanka to write the official language [[Sinhala language|Sinhala]] and also sometimes the liturgical languages [[Pali]] and [[Sanskrit]].

==How to read Sinhala==

This site uses '''Sinhala Unicode''' fonts. To see them displayed correctly, follow the steps below. We recommend that you use '''[httphttps://www.mozilla.org/products/firefox Mozilla Firefox 2.0]''' or later versions instead of '''Internet Explorer''' , '''Google Chrome''' or '''Opera''', which seem to have some rendering issues.

*If you have '''Microsoft Internet Explorer 6''' or a later version running on '''Windows''', simply install the [http://fonts.lk/download/SinhalaIE.html Sinhala Pack] and restart your computer.

*Right click on your '''Desktop''', choose '''Properties''', go to '''Advanced/Appearance''' tab, click on '''Effects''' and choose '''CleartypeClearType''' as the ''method to smooth edges of screen fonts''.

*Change '''Character Encoding''' to '''UTF-8''' Unicode in your browser ('''VIEW-->ENCODINGVIEW→ENCODING''' in most browsers).

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*If you are using a version of Windows other than XP SP2, you can use the [https://web.archive.org/web/20070320194110/http://www.sinhalasp.com/keyboard_driver.htm FutureSinhala keyboard driver] to type in Sinhala unicode.

*It's a small background program that intercepts what you type and converts it to the Sinhala unicode format.

*You can type in phonetics, Wijeysekara layout or Singlish (ea kiyanne mehema type karana eka) and the program will type it in Sinhala on any open window (MS Word etc.).

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*If you want to type in Sinhala using your Android smartphone, you can download the Helakuru Keyboard from the '''[https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=lk.bhasha.helakuru&hl=en Google Playstore]'''. If you don't have Google Playstore installed, then you can download the '''[https://everexstore.com/helakuru-sinhala-keyboard-apk/ Helakuru APK version]'''.

*Helakuru is a mostly used Keyboard app among Sri Lankans in 2020.

==Still having problems==

*[[Wikipedia talk:Sinhala Font Guide|Inform the other users]] about the problems you're having. Sinhala Unicode is relatively new and it may take a while to have universal support.

*We have found '''[httphttps://www.mozilla.org/products/firefox Mozilla Firefox 2.0]''' on Windows XP Service Pack 2 to deliver the best results.

==Why Unicode?==

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* kombuwa (ෙ) should come after the consonant.

:ege.g.: gedara (ගෙදර) is written as: ga + kombuwa + da + ra but '''not''' as kombuwa + ga + da + ra.

* kombuwa haa aela pilla (ො) is a single composite modifier.

:ege.g.: kolamba (කොළඹ) is written as: ka + kombuwa ha aela pilla + la + mba but '''not''' as kombuwa + ka + aela pilla + la + mba.

* in the same lines all the modifiers ේ, ෛ, ො, ෝ, ෞ hashave their own single composites.

* rakaranshaya (්‍ර) is written as: hal kereema + zero width joiner(zwj) + ra

:ege.g.: prauda (ප්‍රෞඪ) is written as: pa + hal kereema + zwj + ra + kombuwa haa gayanukitta + ddha

* yansaya (්‍ය) is written as: hal kereema + zwj + ya

:ege.g.: udyoga (උද්‍යෝග) is written as: u + da + hal kereema + zwj + ya + kombuwa haa diga aela pilla + ga

=External links=

==External links==

*[http://www.info.lk/slword/ Kaputa Sinhahala Unicode Fonts for Windows, Linux and Mac]

*[http://sinhala.sourceforge.net/ Enabling Unicode Sinhala in Linux (Debian, Fedora and Ubuntu)]

*[http://sinhala.sourceforge.net/files/lklug.ttf LKLUG Unicode Sinhala font]

*[http://www.mrt.ac.lk/sinhala/short-word-list/FM-MalithiUW46.ttf Malithi Unicode font]

*[http://fonts.lk/download/SinhalaIE.html Sinhala plugin for Internet Explorer 6]

*[http://www.mrt.ac.lk/sinhala/SinhalaXP0.4.zip Sinhala Pack for Windows XP Service Pack 2]

*[http://sinhala-fonts.lk/download/skoff.htmlcom Sinhala Add-on for MS Office XPFonts]

*[https://sinhalafonts.lk Sinhala Fonts 2]

*[http://www.sinhalasp.com/keyboard_driver.htm SinhalaSP key board drver]

*[httphttps://www.unicode.org Unicode organisation]

*[http://groups.google.lk/group/Sinhala-Unicode?lnk=srgg&hl=si සිංහල යුනිකොඩ් සමූහය - Sinhala Unicode]

*[http://www.helabasa.com HelaBasa Sinhala Fonts with Wijesekara Keyboard for Windows 98, 2000, XP]

*[http://www.gnu.org/software/freefont/ GNU FreeFont] (FreeSerif has Sinhala range)