Sinhalese is one of two mother languagesspoken in Sri Lanka with a rich historythat extends beyond 2500 years.

Sinhala |�ංහල

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WE USE PILLAM IN COMBINING BASIC VOWEL SOUNDSAND CONSONANTS

BASICPRONUNCIATION

� + අ = ක � + ආ = කා � + ඇ = කැ � + ඈ = කෑ � + ඉ = � � + ඊ = � � + උ = � � + ඌ = �

BASICPRONUNCIATION

� + එ = ෙක � + ඒ = ෙ� � + ඔ = ෙකා � + ඕ = ෙක�

කෘ ෛක ෙකෟ

BASICPRONUNCIATION

� + අ = කk + a = ka

BASICPRONUNCIATION

� + ආ = කාk + aa = kaa

BASICPRONUNCIATION

� + ඇ = කැ k + ae = kae

BASICPRONUNCIATION

� + ඈ = කෑ k + aee = kaee

BASICPRONUNCIATION

� + ඉ = �k + i = ki

BASICPRONUNCIATION

� + ඊ = � k + ii = kii

BASICPRONUNCIATION

� + උ = �k + u = ku

BASICPRONUNCIATION

� + ඌ = � k + uu = kuu

BASICPRONUNCIATION

� + එ = ෙක k + e = ke

BASICPRONUNCIATION

� + ඒ = ෙ� k + ee = kee

BASICPRONUNCIATION

� + ඔ = ෙකා k + o = ko

BASICPRONUNCIATION

� + ඕ = ෙක� k + oo = koo

BASICPRONUNCIATION

� + ඓ=ෛකk + ai = kai

BASICPRONUNCIATION

� + ඖ= ෙකෟk + aw = kaw

BASICPRONUNCIATION

� + � + උ = කෘk + r + u = kru

BASICPRONUNCIATION

� + � + ඌ =කෲk + r + uu = kruu

BASICPRONUNCIATION

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have the first feel of thatlanguage!