The Sinhala script is used to write the Sinhala language. It is a modified Brahmicabugida which is composed almost entirely of curlicues. It is different enough from the other Brahmic scripts that its Unicode page does not match theirs. Sinhala (also Sinhalese, formerly Singhalese) is the language spoken by the Sinhalese, the largest ethnic group of Sri Lanka (formerly Ceylon). ... The Brahmic family is a family of abugidas used in South Asia, Tibet and Southeast Asia. ... An abugida or alphasyllabary is a writing system composed of signs (graphemes) denoting consonants with an inherent following vowel, which are consistently modified to indicate other vowels (or, in some cases, the lack of a vowel). ... Technical note: Due to technical limitations, some web browsers may not display some special characters in this article. ...
Sinhala in Unicode
The Unicode range for Sinhala is U+0D80 ... U+0DFF. Technical note: Due to technical limitations, some web browsers may not display some special characters in this article. ...
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