Sinhala script
E55476
The Sinhala script is an abugida writing system used primarily in Sri Lanka to write the Sinhala language and, to a lesser extent, Pali and Sanskrit.
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Brahmic script
ⓘ
abugida ⓘ writing system ⓘ |
| associatedWithLanguageFamily | Indo-Aryan languages ⓘ |
| closelyRelatedTo | Tamil script (geographically and historically) ⓘ |
| derivedFrom |
Grantha script
ⓘ
Pallava script ⓘ |
| developedFrom |
Brahmi script
ⓘ
surface form:
Ancient Indian Brahmi script
|
| direction | left-to-right ⓘ |
| hasCharacterRepertoire | over 80 basic characters ⓘ |
| hasConjunctConsonants | yes ⓘ |
| hasConsonantLetters | yes ⓘ |
| hasDependentVowels | yes ⓘ |
| hasDiacriticsFor |
aspiration
ⓘ
nasalization ⓘ vowel length ⓘ |
| hasDistinctLetterCase | no ⓘ |
| hasDistinctSetFor |
Sanskrit loanword consonants
ⓘ
pure Sinhala consonants ⓘ |
| hasEncodingStandard |
ISCII (historical mappings)
ⓘ
Unicode ⓘ |
| hasHistoricalVariant |
ancient Sinhala script
ⓘ
medieval Sinhala script ⓘ |
| hasIndependentVowels | yes ⓘ |
| hasModernVariant | modern Sinhala script ⓘ |
| hasNuktaLikeSigns | no ⓘ |
| hasNumerals | yes ⓘ |
| hasPunctuation | yes ⓘ |
| hasUnicodeBlock | Sinhala ⓘ |
| hasVirama | yes ⓘ |
| hasVowelSigns | yes ⓘ |
| hasWritingSystemStatus | official script of Sri Lanka ⓘ |
| ISO15924 | Sinh ⓘ |
| primaryUsageRegion | Sri Lanka ⓘ |
| scriptFamily | Brahmic scripts ⓘ |
| UnicodeRange | U+0D80–U+0DFF ⓘ |
| usedBy | Sinhalese people ⓘ |
| usedFor |
Pali
ⓘ
Sanskrit ⓘ Sinhala ⓘ
surface form:
Sinhala language
|
| usedForReligiousTexts |
Buddhist texts
ⓘ
Tripitaka ⓘ
surface form:
Pali Canon
Sanskrit scriptures ⓘ |
| usedIn |
administration in Sri Lanka
ⓘ
education in Sri Lanka ⓘ media in Sri Lanka ⓘ |
| viramaName | hal kirīma ⓘ |
| writingDirection | horizontal ⓘ |
| writingSystemType | alphasyllabary ⓘ |
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.