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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]	[æ]	[i]	[u]	[e]	[o]	[aː]	[æː]	[iː]	[uː]	[eː]	[oː]

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

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-= ත =
+=== ත ===
 |[ta]
 |as in task
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-= ප =
+=== ප ===
 |[pa]
 |as in pan
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-= ඩ =
+=== ඩ ===
 |[ɖa]
 |as in sail
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-= ද =
+=== ද ===
 |[da]
 |as in charm
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-= බ =
+=== බ ===
 |[ba]
 |as in mark
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-= ස =
+=== ස ===
 |[sa]
 |as in last
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-= (ච) =
+=== (ච) ===
 |([t͡ʃa])
 |as in vast
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-= ම =
+=== ම ===
 |[ma]
 |as in narrow
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-= ල =
+=== ල ===
 |[la]
 |as in that
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-= ව =
+=== ව ===
 |[ʋa]
 |as in dark
 |-
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-= ණ =
+=== ණ ===
 |[na]
 |as in basket
 |-
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-= හ =
+=== හ ===
 |[ha]
 |as in hard
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-= ජ =
+=== ජ ===
 |[d͡ʒa]
 |as in Japan
 |-
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-= න =
+=== න ===
 |[na]
 |as in narrow
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-= ර =
+=== ර ===
 |[ra]
 |as in rat
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-= ය =
+=== ය ===
 |[ja]
 |as in yard
 |-
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-= ළ =
+=== ළ ===
 |[la]
 |as in laser
 |-
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-= අ =
+=== අ ===
 |[a]
 |as in apple
 |-
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-= එ =
+=== එ ===
 |[e]
 |as in elephant
 |-
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-= ඉ =
+=== ඉ ===
 |[i]
 |as in kit
 |-
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-= ඔ =
+=== ඔ ===
 |[o]
 |as in top
 |-
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-= උ =
+=== උ ===
 |[u]
 |as in cut
 |-
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-= ඇ =
+=== ඇ ===
 |[æ]
 |as in hay
 |-
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-= ෙ =
+=== ෙ ===
 |[e]
 |as in elephant
 |-
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-= ි =
+=== ි ===
 |[i]
 |as in ink
 |-
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-= ො =
+=== ො ===
 |[o]
 |as in opera
 |-
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-= ු =
+=== ු ===
 |[u]
 |as in but
 |-
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-= ැ =
+=== ැ ===
 |[æ]
 |as in late
 |-
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-= ආ =
+=== ආ ===
 |[aː]
 |as in rate
 |-
 |
-= ඒ =
+=== ඒ ===
 |[eː]
 |as in meat
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-= ඊ =
+=== ඊ ===
 |[iː]
 |as in sweat
 |-
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-= ඕ =
+=== ඕ ===
 |[oː]
 |as in pool
 |-
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-= ඌ =
+=== ඌ ===
 |[uː]
 |as in root
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-= ඈ =
+=== ඈ ===
 |[æː]
 |as in bait
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-= ා =
+=== ා ===
 |[aː]
 |as in bait
 |-
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-= ේ =
+=== ේ ===
 |[eː]
 |as in late
 |-
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-= ී =
+=== ී ===
 |[iː]
 |as in sweat
 |-
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-= ෝ =
+=== ෝ ===
 |[oː]
 |as in toy
 |-
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-= ූ =
+=== ූ ===
 |[uː]
 |as in hut
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-= ෑ =
+=== ෑ ===
 |[æː]
 |as in mate
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 ==Video==
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 [[Category:Alphabet-and-Pronunciation]]