Note
Click on the virama ් called hal kirīma in Sinhala (diacritic in the center) to delete the inherent vowel a.
Instructions
To type directly with the computer keyboard:
- Use the capital to type letters subscribed with a dot below: T, Th, D, Dh, N, L, S
- Type sh for ś
- Type aa, ii, uu, ee, oo (or A, I, U, E, O ) for the long vowels ā, ī, ū, ē, ō
- Type q (or ae, or ä) for æ, and Q (or AE, or Ä) for ǣ
- For ru and rū : type -r and -ru
- For li and lī : type -l and -li
- Type = to delete the virama (pronunciation: ə)
- Type M for ං (anusvaraya)
- Type H for ඃ (visargaya)
- Type w for ෴ (punctuation)
Download & install the font Iskoola Pota
Note:
To know if you can read correctly the Sinhala font,
these two characters must be the same ones:
ශ්රී
For Windows XP:
download the kit
Copy[Ctrl]+[C] & Paste [Ctrl]+[V]