For 'ki', a small arch called ispilla is placed over the ක: කි. Characteristics The basic form of the letter k is ක 'ka'. In order to render Sanskrit and Pali words, an extended set, the miśra siṃhala (mixed Sinhalese, මිශ්‍ර සිංහල img), is available. The core set, known as the śuddha siṃhala (pure Sinhalese, ශුද්ධ සිංහල img) or eḷu hōḍiya ( Eḷu alphabet එළු හෝඩිය img), can represent all native phonemes. Sinhalese is often considered two alphabets, or an alphabet within an alphabet, due to the presence of two sets of letters.