Sinhala(සිංහල)

Sinhala language accommodates many sounds and has developed to produce almost all sounds comfortably. My competency in Sinhala can be considered reasonably high. I can comfortably talk through complex conversations. I can also read a few characters as I learned them from my good friend during my school days. I aim to target and improve my Sinhala language writing skills. This is my first goal, and I will share my experience here.

Vowels (Swarakshara)

අ, ආ, ඉ, ඊ, උ, ඌ, ඍ, ඎ, එ, ඒ, ඓ, ඔ, ඕ, ඖ

Consonants (Vyanjanakshara)

ක, ඛ, ග, ඝ, ඞ
ච, ඡ, ජ, ඣ, ඤ
ට, ඨ, ඩ, ඪ, ණ
ත, ථ, ද, ධ, න
ප, ඵ, බ, භ, ම
ය, ර, ල, ව, ශ
ෂ, ස, හ, ළ, ෆ

Sinhala CharacterTransliterationExample WordMeaning
අaඅම්මා (ammā)Mother
ආāආයුබෝවන් (āyubōvan)Hello
ඉiඉර (ira)Sun
ඊīඊයෙ (īye)Yesterday
උuඋදේ (udē)Morning
ඌūඌරා (ūrā)Pig
එeඑළ (eḷa)Light
ඒēඒක (ēka)That
ඔoඔයා (oyā)You
ඕōඕන (ōna)Want

Consonants

Sinhala CharacterTransliterationExample WordMeaning
කkකම (kama)Work
ගgගම (gama)Village
චcචන්ද (canda)Moon
ජjජල (jala)Water
ටṭටික (ṭika)Little
ඩḍඩබ්බ (ḍabba)Box
තtතරම (tarama)Speed
දdදර (dara)Wood
නnනම (nama)Name
පpපත (pata)Leaf
බbබත (bata)Rice
මmමල (mala)Flower
යyයාම (yāma)Time
රrරට (raṭa)Country
ලlලම (lama)Child
වvවත (vata)Face
සsසත (sata)Animal
හhහම (hama)Skin

Additional Vowels

Sinhala CharacterTransliterationExample WordMeaning
ඍṛඍෂි (ṛṣi)Sage
ඎṝඎෂි (ṝṣi)Sage
ඏḷඏෂි (ḷṣi)Sage
ඐḹඐෂි (ḹṣi)Sage