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Explore Letterforms

While there are contested histories of the origins of the Sinhala and Tamil language, this interactive exhibit explores similarities in the evolution of the Sinhala and Tamil alphabet. Select a letter and swipe to travel through time.

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References

සිංහල අකුරු පුරාණය ( Chronicle of Sinhala Letters) by Professor Sandagomi Coperahewa, Department of Sinhala, University of Colombo (2018)
Department of Archeology, Tamil Nadu Government. Digitized and recreated by Dr. Udaya Kumar Dharmalingam, Associate Professor and Head of Department of Design, Indian Institutes of Technology, Guwahati.

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