1. skanthan

    I would like to get a hold of copies of The Silumina from January 1992 - April 1992

    Ayubowan! I am interested in getting copies of January 1992 to April 1992 issues of The Silumina. The reason being is because that year, I had a copy of the Silumina from March or early April of that year and on the front page of the second section, there was an article, or short story...
  2. skanthan

    Origin of letter ෆ.

    Please can someone tell me about the history/origin of the Sinhala letter ෆ? I understand ෆ came into the Sinhala script about 30 years ago. I tried to research more on the history of the letter ෆ, and I only found something that said it is a new letter for the English F sound, but didn't go...
  3. skanthan

    Mishra Sinhala Hodiya

    I have a question with regards to the full Mishra Sinhala Hodiya Do any present day Sinhala alphabet books still teach the Mishra Sinhala Hodiya? I know many of the books published after 1948, some of which I have seen myself, have the Mishra Hodiya, but don't go into detail on their usage...
  4. skanthan

    Do we need ණ and ළ?

    Sometime ago, someone had told me that ණ and ළ should be dropped from the Sinhala alphabet and the letters න and ල be used in their place. I understand that from a phonemic point of view, ණ and ළ are pronounced the same as න and ල. But in reality, would dropping ණ and ළ be a good idea? There...
  5. skanthan

    Sinhala letter ඍ.

    Please can someone tell me the history of the Sinhala letter ඍ? ie: when was it first introduced into Sinhala etc.. I hope to hear something soon. Thank you!

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