Sinhala script

Sinhala script (Sinhalese) සිංහල අක්ෂර මාලාව Siṁhala Akṣara Mālāva
Script type	Abugida
Time period	c. 300 – present[1]
Direction	Left-to-right
Languages	Sinhala, Pali, Sanskrit
Related scripts
Parent systems	Egyptian Proto-Sinaitic Phoenician Aramaic Brahmi[2] Sinhala script (Sinhalese)
Sister systems	Tamil-Brahmi, Gupta, Bhattiprolu, Kadamba, Tocharian
ISO 15924
ISO 15924	Sinh (348), ​Sinhala
Unicode
Unicode alias	Sinhala
Unicode range	U+0D80–U+0DFF Sinhala U+111E0–U+111FF Sinhala Archaic Numbers
The theorised Semitic origins of the Brahmi script are not universally agreed upon.
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The Sinhala script (Sinhala: සිංහල අක්ෂර මාලාව, romanized: Siṁhala Akṣara Mālāva), also known as Sinhalese script, is a writing system used by the Sinhalese people and most Sri Lankans in Sri Lanka and elsewhere to write the Sinhala language as well as the liturgical languages Pali and Sanskrit.^[3] The Sinhalese Akṣara Mālāva, one of the Brahmic scripts, is a descendant of the Ancient Indian Brahmi script. It is also related to the Grantha script.^[4]

The Sinhala script is an abugida written from left to right. Sinhala letters are classified in two sets. The core set of letters forms the śuddha siṃhala alphabet (Pure Sinhala, ශුද්ධ සිංහල), which is a subset of the miśra siṃhala alphabet (Mixed Sinhala, මිශ්‍ර සිංහල).