Help:IPA/Sinhala

The charts below show the way in which the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) represents Sinhala pronunciations. For a guide to adding IPA characters to Wikipedia articles, see Template:IPA and Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Pronunciation § Entering IPA characters.

See Sinhala phonology for a more throrough look of the sounds of Sinhala.

Consonants
IPA Śuddha Miśra ISO 15919 English approximation
b ba, bha about
ᵐb m̆ba zombie
d da, dha do
ⁿd n̆da handy
ɖ ḍa, ḍha General American guard
ᶯɖ n̆ḍa General American barndoor
f fa far
ja, jha ajar
ⁿdʒ n̆ja banjo
j ය​ ya yes
ɡ ga, gha again
ᵑɡ n̆ga angle
ɦ ha hat
k ka, kha scan
l la leaf
ɭ ḷa Southern American parlor
m ma more
n na not
ɲ ña canyon
ŋ ṅa singer
ɳ ṇa Southern American internet
p pa, pha span
r ra Scottish curd
s sa see
ʃ ශ, ෂ śa, ṣa she
t ta, tha stop
ʈ ṭa, ṭha General American art
ca exchange
ʋ va between vase and wine
Vowels
IPA Orthography ISO 15919 English approximation
a a Canadian hat
ā father
æ æ hat
æː ǣ father
i i happy
ī feet
u u fruition
ū choose
e e bed
ē Indian day
o o story
ō Indian goat
Diphthongs
ai̯ ai die
au̯ au house