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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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[[Category:Alphabet-and-Pronunciation]]

Revision as of 10:15, 13 September 2021

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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

Video

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