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:

For Windows XP: download the kit



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