Wiktionary:Sinhalese transliteration

These are the rules concerning transliteration in Sinhalese entries.

Consonants

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śuddha set

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(ka) (ṭa) (ta) (pa) (ga) (ḍa) (da) (ba) (sa) (ca) (ma) (la) (wa) (ṇa) (ha) (ja) (na) (ra) (ya) (ḷa)
k t p g d b s c m l v h j n r y

Prenasalized consonants

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(ⁿga) (ⁿḍa) (ⁿda) (ᵐba)
ⁿg ⁿḍ ⁿd ᵐb

miśra set

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(kha) (gha) (ṭha) (ḍha) (tha) (dha) (pha) (bha)
kh gh ṭh ḍh th dh ph bh

Additional miśra set

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(śa) (ṣa) (cha) (jha) (ña) (gna) (ṅa) (fa) (ⁿja) fප (fpa)
ś ch jh ñ gn f ⁿj f

Vowels

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Independent short

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(a) (e) (i) (o) (u) (æ)
a e i o u æ

Independent long

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(ā) (ē) (ī) (ō) (ū) (ǣ)
ā ē ī ō ū ǣ

Diacritic short

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inherent
a e i o u æ

Diacritic long

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ā ē ī ō ū ǣ

Additional vowels

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Independent

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(ai) () () (au) (r̥̄) (l̥̄)
ai au r̥̄ l̥̄

Diacritic

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ai au r̥̄ l̥̄

Non-vocalic diacritics

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Punctuation

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  • . (obsolete)