states: The Pali scholar Thomas William Rhys Davids refers to Elu as "the Prakrit of Ceylon".

The Hela Havula are a modern Sri Lankan literary organisation that advocate the use of Elu terms over Sanskritisms. Elu is often referred to by modern Sinhalese as amisra, Sanskrit and Sinhalese term for "unmixed".

A feature of Elu is its preference for short vowels,

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