The Sinhala alphabet on the keyboard
| Letter | Unicode name | Key |
|---|---|---|
| අ | ayanna | W |
| ආ | aayanna | AltGr + F |
| ඇ | aeyanna | AltGr + G |
| ඈ | aeeyanna | AltGr + H |
| ඉ | iyanna | B |
| ඊ | iiyanna | Shift + B |
| උ | uyanna | Shift + W |
| ඌ | uuyanna | AltGr + Z |
| ඍ | iruyanna | Shift + R |
| එ | eyanna | T |
| ඒ | eeyanna | AltGr + T |
| ඓ | aiyanna | AltGr + K |
| ඔ | oyanna | Shift + T |
| ඕ | ooyanna | AltGr + L |
| ඖ | auyanna | AltGr + ; |
| ක | alpapraana kayanna | L |
| ඛ | mahaapraana kayanna | Shift + L |
| ග | alpapraana gayanna | . |
| ඝ | mahaapraana gayanna | Shift + . |
| ඞ | kantaja naasikyaya | AltGr + X |
| ඟ | sanyaka gayanna | AltGr + . |
| ච | alpapraana cayanna | P |
| ඡ | mahaapraana cayanna | Shift + P |
| ජ | alpapraana jayanna | C |
| ඣ | mahaapraana jayanna | Shift + C |
| ඥ | taaluja sanyooga naaksikyaya | Shift + [ |
| ඤ | taaluja naasikyaya | [ |
| ට | alpapraana ttayanna | G |
| ඨ | mahaapraana ttayanna | Shift + G |
| ඩ | alpapraana ddayanna | V |
| ඪ | mahaapraana ddayanna | Shift + V |
| ණ | muurdhaja nayanna | Shift + K |
| ඬ | sanyaka ddayanna | AltGr + V |
| ත | alpapraana tayanna | ; |
| ථ | mahaapraana tayanna | Shift + ; |
| ද | alpapraana dayanna | O |
| ධ | mahaapraana dayanna | Shift + O |
| න | dantaja nayanna | K |
| ඳ | sanyaka dayanna | AltGr + O |
| ප | alpapraana payanna | M |
| ඵ | mahaapraana payanna | Shift + M |
| බ | alpapraana bayanna | N |
| භ | mahaapraana bayanna | Shift + N |
| ම | mayanna | U |
| ඹ | amba bayanna | Shift + U |
| ය | yayanna | H |
| ර | rayanna | R |
| ල | dantaja layanna | , |
| ව | vayanna | J |
| ශ | taaluja sayanna | Shift + Y |
| ෂ | muurdhaja sayanna | Shift + I |
| ස | dantaja sayanna | I |
| හ | hayanna | Y |
| ළ | muurdhaja layanna | Shift + , |
| ෆ | fayanna | Shift + F |
| ං | sign anusvaraya | X |
| ඃ | sign visargaya | Shift + X |
| ා | vowel sign aela-pilla | D |
| ැ | vowel sign ketti aeda-pilla | E |
| ෑ | vowel sign diga aeda-pilla | Shift + E |
| ි | vowel sign ketti is-pilla | S |
| ී | vowel sign diga is-pilla | Shift + S |
| ු | vowel sign ketti paa-pilla | Q |
| ූ | vowel sign diga paa-pilla | Shift + Q |
| ෘ | vowel sign gaetta-pilla | Shift + D |
| ෲ | vowel sign diga gaetta-pilla | AltGr + D |
| ෟ | vowel sign gayanukitta | Shift + A |
| ෙ | vowel sign kombuva | F |
| ේ | vowel sign diga kombuva | AltGr + R |
| ෛ | vowel sign kombu deka | AltGr + E |
| ො | vowel sign kombuva haa aela-pilla | AltGr + W |
| ෝ | vowel sign kombuva haa diga aela-pilla | AltGr + S |
| ෞ | vowel sign kombuva haa gayanukitta | AltGr + Q |
| ් | sign al-lakuna | A |
Accent and AltGr keys
| Key | What it does |
|---|---|
| AltGr | ` ¡ ² ³ ¤ € ¼ ½ ¾ ‘ ’ ¥ × ෞ ො ෛ ේ ඒ ඎ ඳ [ ] ෳ ෝ ෲ ආ ඇ ඈ ඓ ඕ ඖ ෴ \ ඌ ඞ ඦ ඬ ඐ ඏ ඟ ~ ¹ £ ÷ { } | < > |
Layouts on this page
- Sinhala - Wij 9 (default)
- Sinhala
Questions
How many letters does the Sinhala alphabet have?
55, per Unicode CLDR. Plus 19 marks typed after a letter.
Which Sinhala letters need Shift on this keyboard?
27 of them: ඊ (Shift + B), උ (Shift + W), ඍ (Shift + R), ඔ (Shift + T), ඛ (Shift + L), ඝ (Shift + .), ඡ (Shift + P), ඣ (Shift + C), ඥ (Shift + [), ඨ (Shift + G), ඪ (Shift + V), ණ (Shift + K), ථ (Shift + ;), ධ (Shift + O).
Guides
More keyboards
Layout data: CLDR release-43 keyboards/windows/si-t-k0-windows.xml; CLDR release-43 keyboards/windows/si-t-k0-windows-legacy.xml. Letter list: CLDR release-43 (si). Letter names: Unicode Character Database. What you type stays in your browser.