The fifth consonant of the alphabet. It is the nasal used with the above guttural consonants, which it precedes, as අඞකය, ankaya. The sign (ං) called Binduwa is often for brevity used instead, as අංයන. There are no words beginning with this letter
Carter, Charles. A Sinhalese-English dictionary. Colombo: The "Ceylon Observer" Printing Works; London: Probsthain & Co., 1924.