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Proposal to include Sinhala Numerals to the BMP and SMP of the UCS, 2010-08-19 N3888-A Senaweera, L. N. (2010-09-10), Sri Lanka's proposal on Sinhala Numerals for inclusion in Information Technology - Universal Multiple Octet Coded Character Set, ISO/IEC 10646 : 2003
Sinhala is a Unicode block containing characters for the Sinhala and Pali languages of Sri Lanka, and is also used for writing Sanskrit in Sri Lanka. The Sinhala allocation is loosely based on the ISCII standard, except that Sinhala contains extra prenasalized consonant letters, leading to inconsistencies with other ISCII-Unicode script allocations.
This set of numerals was known as Sinhala illakkam or Sinhala archaic numerals. Sinhala numerals or Sinhala illakkam were used in the Kandyan convention which was signed between Kandyan Chieftains and the British governor, Robert Brownrig, in 1815. Eleven clauses were numbered in Arabic numerals in the English part of the agreement, and the ...
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Download QR code; Print/export Download as PDF; Printable version; ... Unicode chart Sinhala}} provides a list of Unicode code points in the Sinhala block. Usage
Sinhala had its numerals (Sinhala illakkam), which were used from prior to the fall of Kandyan Kingdom in 1815. They can be seen primarily in Royal documents and artefacts. Sinhala Illakkam did not have a zero, but did have signs for 10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80, 90, 100, 1000. This system has been replaced by the Hindu–Arabic numeral system.
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List of Sinhala words of Tamil origin; Macanese Patois; Pidgin Madam; Rodiya dialect; Sinhala (Unicode block) Sinhala Archaic Numbers; Sinhala Braille; Sinhala Only Act; Sinhala honorifics; Sinhala input methods; Sinhala language; Sinhala numerals; Sinhala script; Sinhala slang; Sinhalese people; Sumihiri; Tatsama; Vedda language; Template ...