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Currently, Sinhala does not come built in with Windows XP unlike Tamil and Hindi. However, the beta versions of upcoming Windows Vista comes with Sinhala support by default. There are also some complaints about the lack of pili s in Sinhala Unicode.
Nirmala UI ("User Interface") is an Indic scripts typeface created by Tiro Typeworks and commissioned by Microsoft.It was first released with Windows 8 in 2012 as a UI font and currently supports languages using Bengali–Assamese, Devanagari, Kannada, Gujarati, Gurmukhi, Malayalam, Meitei, Odia, Ol Chiki, Sinhala, Sora Sompeng, Tamil and Telugu.
Sinhala input methods are ways of writing the Sinhala language, spoken primarily in Sri Lanka, using a computer. Sinhala input methods can be broadly classified into two main groups: ones based on typewriter keyboard layouts, and ones that are meant to be typed on QWERTY keyboards using an input method , known as "Singlish".
The Sinhala script (Sinhala: සිංහල අක්ෂර මාලාව, romanized: Siṁhala Akṣara Mālāwa), also known as Sinhalese script, is a writing system used by the Sinhalese people and most Sri Lankans in Sri Lanka and elsewhere to write the Sinhala language as well as the liturgical languages Pali and Sanskrit. [3]
Mac OS X 10.3 and earlier support Devanagari, Gujarati, Gurmukhi; Mac OS X 10.4 adds support for Tamil; Mac OS X 10.5 adds support for Tibetan; Mac OS X 10.7 adds support for Kannada, Telugu, Bengali–Assamese, Malayalam, Sinhala, Oriya, Lao, Khmer and Burmese. Additional fonts: Free Bangla fonts and keyboard available from ekushey.org
Microsoft Indic Language Input Tool is a typing tool (Input Method Editor) for languages written in Indic scripts. It is a virtual keyboard which allows to type Indic text directly in any application without the hassle of copying and pasting. It is available for both, online and offline use. It was released in December 2009.
However, the Tamil language used here for comparison is Tamil as spoken in Sri Lanka. Note: For information on the transcription used, see National Library at Calcutta romanization and Tamil script. Exceptions from the standard are the romanization of Sinhala long "ä" ([æː]) as "ää", and the non-marking of prenasalized stops.
1985. CINTEC establishes a committee for the use of Sinhala & Tamil in Computer Technology. [3]1987 "DOS WordPerfect" Reverend Gangodawila Soma Thero, who was the chief incumbent at the Springvale Buddhist temple in Melbourne, Australia asked the Lay members of the temple to produce a Monthly Newsletter for the temple in Sinhala, called "Bodu Puwath".