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 Character | Transliteration | Example Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| අ | a | අම්මා (ammā) | Mother |
| ආ | ā | ආයුබෝවන් (āyubōvan) | Hello |
| ඉ | i | ඉර (ira) | Sun |
| ඊ | ī | ඊයෙ (īye) | Yesterday |
| උ | u | උදේ (udē) | Morning |
| ඌ | ū | ඌරා (ūrā) | Pig |
| එ | e | එළ (eḷa) | Light |
| ඒ | ē | ඒක (ēka) | That |
| ඔ | o | ඔයා (oyā) | You |
| ඕ | ō | ඕන (ōna) | Want |
Consonants
| Sinhala Character | Transliteration | Example Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| ක | k | කම (kama) | Work |
| ග | g | ගම (gama) | Village |
| ච | c | චන්ද (canda) | Moon |
| ජ | j | ජල (jala) | Water |
| ට | ṭ | ටික (ṭika) | Little |
| ඩ | ḍ | ඩබ්බ (ḍabba) | Box |
| ත | t | තරම (tarama) | Speed |
| ද | d | දර (dara) | Wood |
| න | n | නම (nama) | Name |
| ප | p | පත (pata) | Leaf |
| බ | b | බත (bata) | Rice |
| ම | m | මල (mala) | Flower |
| ය | y | යාම (yāma) | Time |
| ර | r | රට (raṭa) | Country |
| ල | l | ලම (lama) | Child |
| ව | v | වත (vata) | Face |
| ස | s | සත (sata) | Animal |
| හ | h | හම (hama) | Skin |
Additional Vowels
| Sinhala Character | Transliteration | Example Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| ඍ | ṛ | ඍෂි (ṛṣi) | Sage |
| ඎ | ṝ | ඎෂි (ṝṣi) | Sage |
| ඏ | ḷ | ඏෂි (ḷṣi) | Sage |
| ඐ | ḹ | ඐෂි (ḹṣi) | Sage |