Touching letters were used in ancient scriptures but are not used in modern Sinhala. Also note that all of the combinations are encoded with the al-lakuna (Unicode U+0DCA) first, followed by the zero-width joiner (Unicode U+200D) except for touching letters which have the zero-width joiner (Unicode U+200D) first followed by the al-lakuna (Unicode U+0DCA). Note that although modern Sinhala sounds are not aspirated, aspiration is marked in the sound where it was historically present to highlight the differences in modern spelling.

Some of the more common are displayed in the following table. Most other conjunct consonants are made with an explicit virama, called al-lakuna or hal kirР”В«ma, and the zero-width joiner as shown in the following table, some of which may not display correctly due to limitations of your system. The image on the left shows the glyph for Р•вЂєrР”В«, which is composed of the letter Р•вЂє with a ligature indicating the r below and the vowel Р”В« marked above. If this is the case, the first consonant is not marked with a hal kirР”В«ma. Furthermore, very frequent combinations are often written in one stroke, like ddh, kv or kР•вЂє. Special signs exist for an Р°В¶В» (r) following a consonant (inverted arch underneath), a Р°В¶В» (r) preceding a consonant (loop above) and a Р°В¶С” (y) following a consonant (half a Р°В¶С” on the right). VowelsР”В¬ertain combinations of graphemes trigger special ligatures. Р°В·вЂ fa can be represented by Р°В¶Т‘ pa with a Latin РІСџРЃfРІСџВ© inscribed in the cup. Р°В¶В¤ (Р“В±) and Р°В¶Тђ (gn) cannot be represented by Р•вЂєuddha graphemes but are found only in fewer than 10 words each. From a purely phonemic point of view, there is no benefit in using them, and they can be replaced by a (sequence of) Р•вЂєuddha letters as follows: For the miР•вЂєra aspirates, the replacement is the plain Р•вЂєuddha counterpart, for the miР•вЂєraretroflexliquids the corresponding Р•вЂєuddhacoronal liquid, for the sibilants, РІСџРЃsРІСџВ©. The use of the extra letters is mainly a question of prestige. It adds letters for aspirates, retroflexes and sibilants, which are not phonemic in today's Sinhala, but which are necessary to represent non-native words, like loanwords from Sanskrit, Pali or English. The miР•вЂєra alphabet is a superset of Р•вЂєuddha.

Used in conjunction with kombuva for consonants. Using the consonant 'k' + 'vowel' as an example: Р°В¶Р‡Р°В·вЂ™Р°В¶Сљ diga means 'long' because the vowel is sounded for longer and Р°В¶Р‡Р°В·в„ўР°В¶С™ deka means 'two' because the stroke is doubled when written. In Sinhala the diacritics are called Р°В¶Т‘Р°В·вЂ™Р°В¶Р…Р°В·вЂ™ pili (vowel strokes). This is most notably necessary for the graphemes for the Middle Indic phonemes that the Sinhala language lost during its history, such as aspirates. All native phonemes of the Sinhala spoken today can be represented in Р•вЂєuddha, while in order to render special Sanskrit and Pali sounds, one can fall back on miР•вЂєra siР±в„–С“hala. Out of pure coincidence, the phoneme inventory of present-day colloquial Sinhala is such that yet again the Р•вЂєuddha alphabet suffices as a good representation of the sounds. The definition of the two sets is thus a historic one. This is the reason why this set is also called EР±С‘В·u hР•РЊdiya ('EР±С‘В·u alphabet' Р°В¶вЂР°В·вЂ¦Р°В·вЂќ Р°В·вЂћР°В·СњР°В¶В©Р°В·вЂ™Р°В¶С”). This 'pure' alphabet contains all the graphemes necessary to write EР±С‘В·u (classical Sinhala) as described in the classical grammar SidatsanРњвЂ garР”Рѓ (1300 AD). The core set of letters forms the Р•вЂєuddha siР±в„–С“hala alphabet (Pure Sinhala, Р°В·РѓР°В·вЂќР°В¶Р‡Р°В·Р‰Р°В¶В° Р°В·С“Р°В·вЂ™Р°В¶вЂљР°В·вЂћР°В¶Р…), which is a subset of the miР•вЂєra siР±в„–С“hala alphabet (Mixed Sinhala, Р°В¶С‘Р°В·вЂ™Р°В·РѓР°В·Р‰РІР‚РЊР°В¶В» Р°В·С“Р°В·вЂ™Р°В¶вЂљР°В·вЂћР°В¶Р…). Sinhala letters are ordered into two sets.

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