The latest Sinhala alphabet is that which has been approved by the International Standards Organisation (ISO) and consists of 61 letters (though only 58 are in use), a process in which Disanayaka ...

The earlier system was to use English alphabet letters from the country's name CEYLON (CE, CL, CN, EY, EN etc. The then SWRD Bandaranaike government wanted it to begin with the Sinhala 'Sri.' Tamil ...