This is a proposed alphabet that is meant to be used for writing of Sinhala. It is now in a very early stage of development, so some changes may occur to it in the future as the creator see fit. For any questions please use the email link below.

Siṅhala ak�aramālāva/සිංහල අක්‍ෂරමාලාව
The Sinhala Latin alphabet

Devised by: Michael Fustumum (michaelpeterfustumum(at)gmail.com)

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Latin letter

 Sinhala letter

IPA
1

A a

 අ

[ə~a]
2 Ā ā ආ [aː]
3 � � ඇ

[�]
4 Ǟ ǟ ඈ [�ː]
5 B b බ,භ [b]
6

C c

 ච,ඡ

[t͡ʃ]
7 D d ද,ධ [d̪]
8 Ḍ ḍ ඩ,ඪ [ɖ]
8

E e

 එ

[e]
9 Ē ē ඒ [eː]
10 F f ෆ [f]
11 G g ග,ඝ [g]
12

H h

 හඃ

[h]
13

I i

 ඉ

[i]
14 Ī ī ඊ [iː]
15

J j

 ජ,ඣ

[d͡ʒ]
16

K k

 ක,ඛ

[k]
17

L l

 ල,ළ

[l]
18

M m

 ම

[m]
  mb ඹ [ᵐb]
19

N n

 න

[n̪]
  nd ඳ [ⁿ̪d̪]
  nj ඦ [ⁿd͡ʒ]
20 Ṇ ṇ ණ [ɳ]
  ṇḍ ඬ [ᶯɖ]
21 � � ඤ [ɲ]
22 Ṅ ṅ ඞ [ŋ]
  ṅg ඟ [ᵑɡ]
23

O o

 ඔ

[ɔ]
24 Ō ō ඕ [oː]
25

P p

 ප,ඵ

[p]
26

R r

 ර

[r]
27

S s

 ස

[s]
28 Š š ෂ,ශ [ʃ]
29

T t

 ත,ථ

[t̪]
30 Ṭ ṭ ට,ඨ

[ʈ]
31

U u

 උ

[u]
32 Ū ū ඌ [uː]
33

V v

 ව

[ʋ]
34

Y y

 ය

[j]
There would not be letters q, w, x, z, which would be replaced by k, v, ks, s, respectively.

Text example
First article of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights

Siyalū manu�yayō nidahasva upata labā. Garutvayen hā ayitivāsikam samāna veti. Yukti ayukti pilibanda h�ṅgīmen hā hrdaya sāk�iyen yut ovunōvunvunṭa s�lakiya yuttō sahōdaratvaya pilibanda h�ṅgīmen.

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