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The Sinhala raised r.
Also known as: Sinhala repha
The Sinhala form of a syllable-final r, written above the consonant that follows it.
Writes an r closing a syllable, positioned over the next consonant.
Contexts: Language and transcription, History
The same device as the Devanagari repha in a script whose letterforms are otherwise entirely unlike it, which shows the convention was inherited rather than invented twice.
Contexts: Language and transcription, History
A small looped stroke set above the following consonant, in the rounded Sinhala hand.
The same raised-r device in a script with completely different letterforms.