Sinhala script

Sinhalese script
සිංහල අක්ෂර මාලාව
*Siṁhala Akṣara Mālāwa*
Sinhalese script; සිංහල අක්ෂර මාලාව; Siṁhala Akṣara Mālāwa
Script type	Abugida
Period	8th century CE – present
Direction	Left-to-right
Languages	Sinhalese, Pali, Sanskrit
Related scripts
Parent systems	Egyptian Proto-Sinaitic Phoenician Aramaic Brahmi Tamil-Brahmi Pallava Grantha Sinhalese script; ; ; ; ; ; ; ;
ISO 15924
ISO 15924	Sinh (348), Sinhala
Unicode
Unicode alias	Sinhala
Unicode range	U+0D80–U+0DFF Sinhala; U+111E0–U+111FF Sinhala Archaic Numbers;

The Sinhalese script (Sinhala: සිංහල අක්ෂර මාලාව, romanized: Siṁhala Akṣara Mālāwa), also known as Sinhala script, is a writing system used by the Sinhalese people and most Sri Lankans in Sri Lanka and elsewhere to write the Sinhalese language as well as the liturgical languages Pali and Sanskrit. The Sinhalese Akṣara Mālāva, one of the Brahmic scripts, is a descendant of the Ancient Indian Brahmi script. It is thought to be derived from Grantha script.