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Babel

The multilingual framework to localize LaTeX, LuaLaTeX, XeLaTeX

Sinhala

This page offers basic guidance on typesetting a LaTeX document in the Sinhala language using the Sinhala script.

Support with ini locale file

Here is a minimal sample file with sinhala as the main language, with luatex.

\documentclass[sinhala]{article}

\usepackage[provide=*]{babel}

\babelfont{rm}[Renderer=Harfbuzz]{FreeSerif}

\begin{document}

Local name $=$ සිංහල

Chapter $=$ \chaptername

Today $=$ \today

\end{document}