Sinhala for Beginners

 

Letter modifications: 


Diacritic               Added to the letter             Pronunciation 

්              ය්               y

ු              වු             wu/vu

ූ              වූ            wu:/vu:

ි              සි              si

             සී             si:

ා             නා            na:

           ෆෙ           fe

                ෆේ            fe:

ො       ෆො           fo

               ෆෝ           fo:

ං             මං            mang

ැ             කැ            kae

ෑ             කෑ            kae:

්‍ර               ප්‍ර             pra


Exceptions!
         The flag () takes on a different shape when added to letters with a top piece, such as ට, ව, බ, ච, ඹ, ඩ, ධ, etc. When added to these letters, the flag is roped around the top piece: ට්, ව්, බ්, ච්, ඹ්, ඩ්, ධ් (see video below.)

         The
becomes an when added to a . So, the sound "ru" is spelled රු

       The
and becomes hooks when
added to the letters
, , and , making them   තු, කු, ගු and තූ, කූ, ගූ

 

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