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Bangla, Sinhala and Tamil have distinct scripts. Bangla script is similar to Devanagari script in the sense that you have the topline (overbar a.k.a. Shirorekha
by vivegi 4y ago
Bangla, Sinhala and Tamil have distinct scripts. Bangla script is similar to Devanagari script in the sense that you have the topline (overbar a.k.a. Shirorekha, literally headline). Sinhala does not have that.
Tamil is a completely distinct script.
Tamil is used in signs/boards in several southasian countries (Southern state of Tamilnadu and other southern states, Sri Lanka, Malaysia, Singapore). Particularly in Sri Lanka, due to its official language status, it is possible to to lead to ambiguity in GeoGuessr between India and Sri Lanka. Contextual clues can generally rule out Malaysia and Singapore. So, I can understand the ambiguity between Sri Lankan Tamil and Tamil used in India at script level, but Bangla and Tamil have such distinct scripts that there are simple heuristics you can use to disambiguate.
Example for visual comparison:
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