This alphabet was invented in the Dambadeniya period (1220–1345). Types of alphabets Sidath sangara alphabet Sinhala is the main language written in this script, but rare instances of Sri Lanka Malay are recorded. Today, the alphabet is used by over 16 million people to write Sinhala in very different situations, such as newspapers, TV commercials, government announcements, graffiti, and schoolbooks. This high contrast type slowly replaced the monolinear type as the preferred style. During the Colonial period, a new style of Sinhala also began to used which was high contrast and had different thicknesses.
The Dutch created type that was the same width throughout the letters (monolinear) with no separation between words in early documents. The resulting type followed the features of the native Sinhala script that was written on palm leaves. In 1736, the Dutch were the first to print with Sinhala type on the island. Modern Sinhalese first appeared in the 13th century and is marked by the writing of the grammar book Sidat Sangara. As an example, the Buddhist literature of the Theravada-Buddhists of Sri Lanka, written in Pali, used Sinhala script.
By the 9th century CE, literature written in Sinhala script appeared and the script began to be used in other texts. As a result, Medieval (and modern) Sinhalese look similar to the South Indian scripts. It has a very strong influence from the Grantha script. Medieval Sinhalese first began to be used around 750 AD. Pottery from the 6th century BCE has been found in Anuradhapura, with lithic inscriptions dating from 2nd century BCE written in Prakrit. It is clearly influenced by the early Grantha script. Sinhala script developed in a complex way: Part independently but also strongly influenced by South Indian scripts at various stages. Sinhala script comes from Brahmi, and was imported from Northern India, around the 3rd century BCE. It is also related to the ancient Kannada script. The Sinhalese Akṣara Mālāva, one of the Brahmic scripts, comes from the Ancient Indian Brahmi script. These languages are used for religious texts. It is also used to write Sanskrit and Pali. It is used to write Sinhala, which is the official language of Sri Lanka. Sinhala script ( Sinhala : සිංහල අක්ෂර මාලාව Siṁhala Akṣara Mālāva ) is an Abugida, a script between a syllabic and alphabetic script.
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