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==Consonants== | ==Consonants== | ||
{| class=wikitable | {| class="wikitable" | ||
!Letter | !Letter | ||
|ක | |ක | ||
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|} | |} | ||
==Vowels== | ==Vowels== | ||
{| class=wikitable | {| class="wikitable" | ||
!Letter | !Letter | ||
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|[a, ə] | |[a, ə] | ||
|} | |} | ||
== English sounds == | |||
{| class="wikitable" | |||
!Sinhala Alphabet | |||
!English Sound | |||
!Pronunciation Example | |||
|- | |||
| | |||
= ක = | |||
|[ka] | |||
|as in card | |||
|- | |||
| | |||
= ග = | |||
|[ga] | |||
|as in garage | |||
|- | |||
| | |||
= ට = | |||
|[ʈa] | |||
|as in tale | |||
|- | |||
| | |||
= ත = | |||
|[ta] | |||
|as in task | |||
|- | |||
| | |||
= ප = | |||
|[pa] | |||
|as in pan | |||
|- | |||
| | |||
= ඩ = | |||
|[ɖa] | |||
|as in sail | |||
|- | |||
| | |||
= ද = | |||
|[da] | |||
|as in charm | |||
|- | |||
| | |||
= බ = | |||
|[ba] | |||
|as in mark | |||
|- | |||
| | |||
= ස = | |||
|[sa] | |||
|as in last | |||
|- | |||
| | |||
= (ච) = | |||
|([t͡ʃa]) | |||
|as in vast | |||
|- | |||
| | |||
= ම = | |||
|[ma] | |||
|as in narrow | |||
|- | |||
| | |||
= ල = | |||
|[la] | |||
|as in that | |||
|- | |||
| | |||
= ව = | |||
|[ʋa] | |||
|as in dark | |||
|- | |||
| | |||
= ණ = | |||
|[na] | |||
|as in basket | |||
|- | |||
| | |||
= හ = | |||
|[ha] | |||
|as in hard | |||
|- | |||
| | |||
= ජ = | |||
|[d͡ʒa] | |||
|as in Japan | |||
|- | |||
| | |||
= න = | |||
|[na] | |||
|as in narrow | |||
|- | |||
| | |||
= ර = | |||
|[ra] | |||
|as in rat | |||
|- | |||
| | |||
= ය = | |||
|[ja] | |||
|as in yard | |||
|- | |||
| | |||
= ළ = | |||
|[la] | |||
|as in laser | |||
|- | |||
| | |||
= අ = | |||
|[a] | |||
|as in apple | |||
|- | |||
| | |||
= එ = | |||
|[e] | |||
|as in elephant | |||
|- | |||
| | |||
= ඉ = | |||
|[i] | |||
|as in kit | |||
|- | |||
| | |||
= ඔ = | |||
|[o] | |||
|as in top | |||
|- | |||
| | |||
= උ = | |||
|[u] | |||
|as in cut | |||
|- | |||
| | |||
= ඇ = | |||
|[æ] | |||
|as in hay | |||
|- | |||
| | |||
= ෙ = | |||
|[e] | |||
|as in elephant | |||
|- | |||
| | |||
= ි = | |||
|[i] | |||
|as in ink | |||
|- | |||
| | |||
= ො = | |||
|[o] | |||
|as in opera | |||
|- | |||
| | |||
= ු = | |||
|[u] | |||
|as in but | |||
|- | |||
| | |||
= ැ = | |||
|[æ] | |||
|as in late | |||
|- | |||
| | |||
= ආ = | |||
|[aː] | |||
|as in rate | |||
|- | |||
| | |||
= ඒ = | |||
|[eː] | |||
|as in meat | |||
|- | |||
| | |||
= ඊ = | |||
|[iː] | |||
|as in sweat | |||
|- | |||
| | |||
= ඕ = | |||
|[oː] | |||
|as in pool | |||
|- | |||
| | |||
= ඌ = | |||
|[uː] | |||
|as in root | |||
|- | |||
| | |||
= ඈ = | |||
|[æː] | |||
|as in bait | |||
|- | |||
| | |||
= ා = | |||
|[aː] | |||
|as in bait | |||
|- | |||
| | |||
= ේ = | |||
|[eː] | |||
|as in late | |||
|- | |||
| | |||
= ී = | |||
|[iː] | |||
|as in sweat | |||
|- | |||
| | |||
= ෝ = | |||
|[oː] | |||
|as in toy | |||
|- | |||
| | |||
= ූ = | |||
|[uː] | |||
|as in hut | |||
|- | |||
| | |||
= ෑ = | |||
|[æː] | |||
|as in mate | |||
|} | |||
==Video== | ==Video== | ||
<youtube>FUe2-bSF5bc</youtube> | <youtube>FUe2-bSF5bc</youtube> | ||
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Revision as of 10:15, 13 September 2021
Hello everyone, 😀
Sinhala (සිංහල, siṁhala), also known as Sinhalese, is an Indo-Aryan language primarily spoken by the Sinhalese people of Sri Lanka.
Here are the alphabet letters and their pronunciation:
Consonants
Letter | ක | ග | ට | ඩ | ත | ද | ප | බ | ස | හ | ච | ජ | ම | න | ල | ර | ව | ය | ණ | ළ | ඟ | ඬ | ඳ | ඹ |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
IPA of name | [ka] | [ɡa] | [ʈa] | [ɖa] | [t̪a] | [d̪a] | [pa] | [ba] | [sa] | [ha] | [t͡ʃa] | [d͡ʒa] | [ma] | [na] | [la] | [ra] | [ʋa] | [ja] | [ɳa] | [ɭa] | [ⁿɡa] | [ⁿɖa] | [ⁿd̪a] | [ᵐba] |
Vowels
Letter | අ | ඇ | ඉ | උ | එ | ඔ | ආ | ඈ | ඊ | ඌ | ඒ | ඕ |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Diacretic | ◌ | ැ | ි | ු | ෙ | ො | ා | ෑ | ී | ූ | ේ | ෝ |
IPA of letter | [a] | [æ] | [i] | [u] | [e] | [o] | [aː] | [æː] | [iː] | [uː] | [eː] | [oː] |
IPA of diacritic | [a, ə] |
English sounds
Sinhala Alphabet | English Sound | Pronunciation Example |
---|---|---|
ක |
[ka] | as in card |
ග |
[ga] | as in garage |
ට |
[ʈa] | as in tale |
ත |
[ta] | as in task |
ප |
[pa] | as in pan |
ඩ |
[ɖa] | as in sail |
ද |
[da] | as in charm |
බ |
[ba] | as in mark |
ස |
[sa] | as in last |
(ච) |
([t͡ʃa]) | as in vast |
ම |
[ma] | as in narrow |
ල |
[la] | as in that |
ව |
[ʋa] | as in dark |
ණ |
[na] | as in basket |
හ |
[ha] | as in hard |
ජ |
[d͡ʒa] | as in Japan |
න |
[na] | as in narrow |
ර |
[ra] | as in rat |
ය |
[ja] | as in yard |
ළ |
[la] | as in laser |
අ |
[a] | as in apple |
එ |
[e] | as in elephant |
ඉ |
[i] | as in kit |
ඔ |
[o] | as in top |
උ |
[u] | as in cut |
ඇ |
[æ] | as in hay |
ෙ |
[e] | as in elephant |
ි |
[i] | as in ink |
ො |
[o] | as in opera |
ු |
[u] | as in but |
ැ |
[æ] | as in late |
ආ |
[aː] | as in rate |
ඒ |
[eː] | as in meat |
ඊ |
[iː] | as in sweat |
ඕ |
[oː] | as in pool |
ඌ |
[uː] | as in root |
ඈ |
[æː] | as in bait |
ා |
[aː] | as in bait |
ේ |
[eː] | as in late |
ී |
[iː] | as in sweat |
ෝ |
[oː] | as in toy |
ූ |
[uː] | as in hut |
ෑ |
[æː] | as in mate |