Practice!
Try to write the following English paragraph using the Sinhala alphabet:
In ancient times, Sri Lanka was known by a variety of names: ancient Greek geographers called the island Taprobane and Arabs referred to it as Serendib (the origin of the word "serendipity"). Ceilão was the name given to Sri Lanka by the Portuguese when they arrived in 1505, which was transliterated into English as Ceylon. The country is currently called Sri Lanka, coming from Sanskrit. The name accurately describes the country, because "Sri Lanka" means "beautiful island".
Now try to read the following English paragraph written in Sinhala:
හෙල්ලො. මයි නෙම් ඉස් අමිලීයා. ඉෆ් යු කෑන් රිද් තිස්, දින් යු නොව් ඉට්සි ඉන් ඊන්ග්ලිෂ්. යු අර් මෙකිං ගූද ප්රග්රිස් ! කිප් උප් ද ආසම් විර්ක් !
