Pali in Sinhalese script

>There's next to nothing "out there"
>for people wanting to learn to read & write pali in Sinhalese characters, so
>it would probably have some practical value as well as sheer curiosity. I
>remember using the memorably titled "Learn Yourself Sinhalese [sic.]", and
>struggling to figure out the relationship to Romanized text.


Hi,

I've also been recently trying to learn to transcribe Pali texts from
the Sinhalese characters. It's not the easiest alphabet, so I've
decided to switch to Burmese for the time being and come back to
Sinhalese later. In case you haven't seen them, here are some recent
reprints that might be of interest:

-Geiger, W., _A Grammar of the Sinhalese Language_
Asian Educational Services, New Delhi 1995
(first edition Colombo, 1938)

Charts of the complete alphabet, for Sinhalese, Sanskrit and Pali,
including how to represent vowels, conjunct consonants etc.


-Gunasekera, A.M., _A Comprehensive Grammar of the Sinhalese Language_
Asian Educational Services, New Delhi 1999
(first edition Colombo, 1891)

Includes a much lengthier treatment of orthography than Geiger.


-de Silva, S., _Hand Book of Sinhalese Grammar, with exercises_
Asian Educational Services, New Delhi 1999
(first edition Colombo, 1922)

Not geared to Pali, and with a very brief treatment of the writing system.

best regards,

/Rett