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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 alphabet]] is a [[Writing system|script]] used in Sri Lanka to write the official 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://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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==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://www.mozilla.org/products/firefox Mozilla Firefox 2.0]''' on Windows XP Service Pack 2 to deliver the best results.