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Sinhala script is an abugida written from left to right. It uses consonants as the basic unit for word construction as each consonant has an inherent vowel (/a/), which can be changed with a different vowel stroke.
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Exception from the standard are the romanization of Sinhala long "ä" ([æː]) as "ää", and the non-marking of prenasalized stops. Sinhala words of English origin mainly came about during the period of British colonial rule in Sri Lanka. This period saw absorption of several English words into the local language brought about by the ...
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'sumihiri' distinguishes between the two 'ම' letters in the Sinhala word 'මම'. This is to facilitate correct pronouncing of text written using 'sumihiri'. The first 'ම', which has an 'open' sound is written as 'ma', whereas the second 'ම', which has a 'closed' sound is written as 'me'.
English: The basic form of the letter k is ක "ka". For "ki", a small arch called ispilla is placed over the ක: කි. This replaces the inherent /a/ by /i/. It is also possible to have no vowel following a consonant.