paxtampa.blogg.se - New sinhala song

Hear a recording of this text by Ajit Alles (අජිත් අලස්)Īll human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. Yukti ayukti piḷiban̆da hæn̆gīmen hā hṛda sākṣiyen yut ovun, ovunovunṭa sæḷakiya yuttē sahōdaratvaya piḷiban̆da hæn̆gīmeni. Siyalu manuṣyayō nidahasva upata labā æta. Spreadsheet of the Sinhala alphabet (Excel, 56K) These numerals are no longer used in written Sinhala, instead the Western-style numerals are used. Many extra letters were added to write Sanskrit and Pali loanwords. Was used to write classical Sinhala ( Eḷu) - shown in blue below.

A subset of the letters, known as Eḷu hōḷdiya,.

Conjunct symbols are used only when writing Sanskrit or Pali with the.

Prenasalized consonants, such as mb, nd, ṇd and ng, are formedīy special conjunct symbols that combine the stop and the homorganic nasal.

When they appear the the beginning of a syllable, vowels are written.

Writing direction: left to right in horizontal lines.

Type of writing system: Abugida / Syllabic Alphabet.

The Sinhala alphabet is also used to write Pali and Sanskrit The earliest surviving literature in Sinhala dates Both the alphabet and the language have changedĬonsiderably since then.

Script, started to appear in Prakrit inscriptions during the 3rd and 2ndĬenturies BC. The Sinhala alphabet, a descendent of the Brahmi Sinhabahu/Sīhabāhu ("Lion-arms"), the son of a princess of the Legendary founder of the Sinhala people, Prince Vijaya, a descendant of (Siṃhāla), which comes from Sanskrit and could be translatedĪs "lion-seizer", "lion-killer" or "lion blood", which refer to the Sinhala is also known as Sinhalese or Singhala - the latter version isĬloser to the pronunciation native name.

Status: official and national language in Sri Lanka.Language family: Indo-European Indo-Iranian Indo-Aryan Southern Indo-Aryan Insular Indo-Aryan.