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Revision as of 00:12, 29 May 2023
Hello everyone, 😀
Sinhala (සිංහල, siṁhala), also known as Sinhalese, is an Indo-Aryan language primarily spoken by the Sinhalese people of Sri Lanka. In today's lesson, you will learn how to write the different letters of the Sinhala alphabet, how to pronounce these letters whether it is through the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA), or through a video with the pronunciation of the letters by a native speaker. You will also find at the end of this lesson a virtual keyboard to be able to type each special character of this language.
Happy learning!
After you've gained a solid understanding of this material, these related subjects might pique your interest: Classroom, Drinks.
Sinhala Alphabet and IPA 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Diacritic | ◌ | ැ | ි | ු | ෙ | ො | ා | ෑ | ී | ූ | ේ | ෝ |
IPA of letter | [a] | [æ] | [i] | [u] | [e] | [o] | [aː] | [æː] | [iː] | [uː] | [eː] | [oː] |
IPA of diacritic | [a, ə] |
Additional Diacritics
Diacritic | ් | ං | |
---|---|---|---|
Effect | No vowel | Adds ṁ after consonant/vowel | |
Example | පාසල්, pāsal | සිංහල, siṁhala |
English Equivalents
Sinhala Alphabet | English Sound | Pronunciation Example |
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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 |
Videos
Sinhala Alphabet Pronunciation by a Native Speaker
The Sound of the Sinhala language
Sinhala Online Virtual Keyboard