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Line 1: {{Contains special characters}} 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 ~~alphabet~~script]] 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 '''[~~http~~https://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 '''~~Cleartype~~ClearType''' as the ''method to smooth edges of screen fonts''. Change '''Character Encoding''' to '''UTF-8''' Unicode in your browser ('''~~VIEW-->ENCODING~~VIEW→ENCODING''' in most browsers). ::::or Line 35 ⟶ 37: ::::or 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.). ::::or 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 '''[~~http~~https://www.mozilla.org/products/firefox Mozilla Firefox 2.0]''' on Windows XP Service Pack 2 to deliver the best results. ==Why Unicode?== Line 67 ⟶ 74: :e.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 ේ, ෛ, ො, ෝ, ෞ ~~has~~have their own single composites. * rakaranshaya (්‍ර) is written as: hal kereema + zero width joiner(zwj) + ra Line 75 ⟶ 82: :e.g.: udyoga (උද්‍යෝග) is written as: u + da + hal kereema + zwj + ya + kombuwa haa diga aela pilla + ga ==External links== [http://www.info.lk/slword/ Kaputa Sinhahala Unicode Fonts for Windows, Linux and Mac] [http://sinhala.sourceforge.net/ Enabling Unicode Sinhala in ~~GNU/~~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.html~~com Sinhala ~~Add-on for MS Office XP~~Fonts] [https://sinhalafonts.lk Sinhala Fonts 2] [http://www.sinhalasp.com/keyboard_driver.htm SinhalaSP key board drver] [~~http~~https://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)