Language/Sinhala/Pronunciation/Alphabet-and-Pronunciation
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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. 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.
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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 |
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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 Equivalents
Sinhala Alphabet | English Sound | Pronunciation Example |
---|---|---|
ක |
[ka] | as in card |
ග |
[ga] | as in garmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmage |
ට |
[ʈa] | as inmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm tale |
ත |
[ta] | as iyyyyyyyyyyyyuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuun 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
Contributors
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