UN · 1972
Romanization of Sinhalese -- UNGEGN 4.0 (1972)
un-sin-Sinh-Latn-1972 There does not seem to exist any national systems of romanization for Sinhalese (Sinhala) in Sri Lanka. In 1972, D. N. Sharma prepared a romanization table for Sinhalese (Sinhala) which was published in vol. II of the conference report together with the other languages of the Indian group1. Sinhalese uses an alphasyllabic script whereby each character represents a syllable rather than one sound. Vowels and diphthongs are marked in two ways: as independent characters (used syllable-initially) and in an abbreviated form, to denote vowels after consonants.
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ශී්ර ලංකාවේ කී්රඩාව ඉතිහාසයේ ඉහළම තැනකට ගේන්න කටයුතු කරනවා
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shīra laṁkāve kīraḍāva itihāsaye ihaḷama tæ̆nakaṭa genna kaṭayutu karanavā
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