Re: "~NH" in Sinhalese Pali Orthography

No, no, Jim!  You've got it the wrong way around!

The question is whether "~nh" is WRITTEN AS ".nh".  In modern
Sinhalese, "~nh" simply isn't written --probably because they
pronounce this combination as ".nh".  So, to reiterate: the question
is, "do Sinhalese Pali texts similarly substitute retroflex .n for ~n
--or is this limited to the modern language only (without being
super-imposed on Pali).

Basically, in modern Sinhala there is no distinction between ".nh" and
"~nh" --in Pali there is (or should be).  Thus the problem.  Some
Sinhalese fonts and word processors will automatically replace ~n with
.n (in certain circumstances).

This is purely a question of comparative orthography --it has nothing
to do with the permutation of the anuswara!

E.M.