Sinhala script

Sinhalese script
සිංහල අක්ෂර මාලාව
*Siṁhala Akṣara Mālāwa*
Sinhalese script; සිංහල අක්ෂර මාලාව; Siṁhala Akṣara Mālāwa
Script type	Abugida
Time period	8th century CE – present
Direction	Left-to-right
Languages	Sinhalese, Pali, Sanskrit
Related scripts
Parent systems	Egyptian Proto-Sinaitic Phoenician Aramaic Brahmi Tamil-Brahmi Pallava Grantha Sinhalese script; ; ; ; ; ; ; ;
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;
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The Sinhalese script (Sinhala: සිංහල අක්ෂර මාලාව, romanized: Siṁhala Akṣara Mālāwa), also known as Sinhala script, is a writing system used by the Sinhalese people and most Sri Lankans in Sri Lanka and elsewhere to write the Sinhalese 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 thought to be derived from Grantha script.^[7]^[1]^[8]

^ ^a ^b ^c Diringer, David (1948). Alphabet a key to the history of mankind. p. 389.
^ Handbook of Literacy in Akshara Orthography, R. Malatesha Joshi, Catherine McBride(2019),p.28
^ ^a ^b Daniels (1996), p. 408.
^ Salomon, Richard (1998). Indian Epigraphy. p. 40.
^ Mirza, Amna; Gottardo, Alexandra (2019). "Learning to Read in Their Heritage Language: Hindi-English Speaking Children Reading Two Different Orthographies". Handbook of Literacy in Akshara Orthography. Springer International Publishing. pp. 329–351. doi:10.1007/978-3-030-05977-4_17. ISBN 978-3-030-05977-4. Retrieved 22 July 2024.
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^ Masica, Colin P. (1993). The Indo-Aryan Languages. p. 143.
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[diringer-1] Diringer, David (1948). Alphabet a key to the history of mankind. p. 389.

[2] Handbook of Literacy in Akshara Orthography, R. Malatesha Joshi, Catherine McBride(2019),p.28

[FOOTNOTEDaniels1996408-3] Daniels (1996), p. 408.

[4] Salomon, Richard (1998). Indian Epigraphy. p. 40.

[5] Mirza, Amna; Gottardo, Alexandra (2019). "Learning to Read in Their Heritage Language: Hindi-English Speaking Children Reading Two Different Orthographies". Handbook of Literacy in Akshara Orthography. Springer International Publishing. pp. 329–351. doi:10.1007/978-3-030-05977-4_17. ISBN 978-3-030-05977-4. Retrieved 22 July 2024.

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[masica-7] Masica, Colin P. (1993). The Indo-Aryan Languages. p. 143.

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