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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
IPAŚuddhaMiśraISO 15919English approximation
b ba, bhaabout
ᵐb m̆bazombie
d da, dhado
ⁿd n̆dahandy
ɖ ḍa, ḍhaGeneral American guard
ᶯɖ n̆ḍaGeneral American barndoor
f fafar
ja, jhaajar
ⁿdʒ n̆jabanjo
j ය​yayes
ɡ ga, ghaagain
ᵑɡ n̆gaangle
ɦ hahat
k ka, khascan
l laleaf
ɭ ḷaSouthern American parlor
m mamore
n nanot
ɲ ñacanyon
ŋ ṅasinger
ɳ ṇaSouthern American internet
p pa, phaspan
r raScottish curd
s sasee
ʃ ශ, ෂśa, ṣashe
t ta, thastop
ʈ ṭa, ṭhaGeneral American art
caexchange
ʋ vabetween vase and wine
Vowels
IPAOrthographyISO 15919English 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