Singhala Alphabet Flashcards by Paul Gregory

Q

ක =

A

Ka like in “card”

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ග =

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Ga as in garage

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ට =

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ta - as in tale

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ත =

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ta as in task

or apple

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ප =

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Pa as in pan

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ඩ =

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da as in sail

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ද =

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dar as in charm

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බ =

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ba as in mark

like a lamb

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ස =

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sa as in last

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ච =

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ta as in vast

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ම =

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ma as in narrow

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ල =

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la as in that

l for lying down

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ව =

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va as in dark

Like a vase on its side

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ණ =

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na as in basket

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හ =

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ha as in hard

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ජ =

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dza as in Japan

a bit jutting out of the apple stalk

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න =

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na as in narrow

not to take a bite out of the apple.

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ර =

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ra as in rat

The rat’s tail just shows sticking out of the apple.

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ය =

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ia as in yard

Looking down someone’s throat and say yarr

Q

ළ =

A

la (looks like a laughing frog. Remember frog looks like he is laughing. - la.

as in laser

Q

අ =

A

a. as in apple

Q

ෙ =

A

e as in elephant

Q

ි

A

[i] as in ink

Q

ො =

A

[o] as in opera

Q

ු =

A

[u] as in but

Q

ැ =

A

[æ] as in late

Q

ආ =

A

[aː]. as in rate

Sounds like ‘A’

Q

ඒ =

A

eː] as in meat

Q

ඊ =

A

[iː] as in sweat

Q

ඕ =

A

[oː] as in pool

Q

ඈ =

A

[æː]. as in bait

Q

ා =

A

[aː] as in bait

Q

ේ =

A

[eː] as in late

Q

ී

A

[iː]. as in sweat

Q

ෝ

A

[oː] as in toy

Q

ූ

A

[uː] as in hut

Q

ෑ

A

[æː]. as in mate

Q

ැ, ආ, ඈ, ෑ, ේ

A

Sounds like capital ‘A’

Q

ඌ =

A

[uː] as in root

Q

ඉ

A

[i] as in kit

Q

ඔ

A

[o] as in top

Q

එ

A

[e] as in elephant

Q

උ

A

[u] as in cut

Q

“ay” pronounced

A

Eye

Q

“aya” pronounced

A

“eye a”