Vocalic Strokes

• Kombuwa ( ෙ◌)
• Aela-pilla ( ◌ා)
• Keti aeda-pilla ( ◌ැ)
• Diga aeda-pilla ( ◌ෑ)
• Keti is-pilla ( ◌ි )
• Diga ispilla ( ◌ී )
• Keti paa-pilla ( ◌ු )
• Diga paa-pilla ( ◌ූ )
• Gaeta-pilla ( ◌ෘ)
• Gayanukitta ( ◌ෟ)

kundaliya - ෴

The code 0DF4 represents the kundaliya (෴). The kundaliya, which is a punctuation mark unique to Sinhala writing, is sometimes used to conclude a paragraph.

Sinhala vowels, consonants and modifiers

The 18 vowels, unlike consonants, are used only at the beginning of words. They are as follows:

The Sinhala alphabet possesses 41 consonants as shown below with the Romanised notations as used in Unicode.

Optimization of the keyboard arrangement problem using an Ant Colony algorithm

How it works?

1. An abstract representation of a keyboard is introduced
2. An evaluation function taking account of ergonomic criteria is proposed
3. Based on the generic framework of Ant Colony optimization, an algorithm is developed and applied

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Keyboards for Indic Languages

This is a presentation based on a paper written by Prof. Gihan Dias and G. Balachandran of University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka. The paper first identifies the basic types of Indic keyboards; viz. consonant-vowel, typewriter and transliteration. Secondly this paper comprises case studies of the development of standard computer keyboards for Sinhala and Tamil Indic script languages used in Sri Lanka.

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