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Sinhala Keyboard Guide
Quick reference for Singlish typing — consonants, vowels, diacritics, and special characters.
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Quick tip
Type phonetically — just like you pronounce the word. Double vowels for long sounds: aa for ආ, ii for ඊ, uu for ඌ. Try it in the typing tool!
Consonants
| Type | Sinhala | Note |
|---|---|---|
| ka | ක | base consonant |
| ga | ග | |
| na | න | common na |
| ta | ත | dental ta |
| da | ද | dental da |
| pa | ප | |
| ba | බ | |
| ma | ම | |
| ya | ය | |
| ra | ර | |
| la | ල | |
| wa | ව | |
| sha | ශ | common sha |
| sa | ස | |
| ha | හ |
Vowels
| Type | Sinhala | Note |
|---|---|---|
| a | අ | short a |
| aa | ආ | long aa |
| i | ඉ | short i |
| ii / ee | ඊ | long ii |
| u | උ | short u |
| uu / oo | ඌ | long uu |
| e | එ | short e |
| ae | ඇ | ae vowel |
| o | ඔ | short o |
Vowel Diacritics (after consonant)
| Type | Sinhala | Note |
|---|---|---|
| ka | ක | inherent a |
| kaa | කා | long aa diacritic |
| ki | කි | short i diacritic |
| kii | කී | long ii diacritic |
| ku | කු | short u diacritic |
| kuu | කූ | long uu diacritic |
| ke | කෙ | short e diacritic |
| ko | කො | short o diacritic |
| ki + i | කී | long ii alt |
| ku + u | කූ | long uu alt |
Special Characters
| Type | Sinhala | Note |
|---|---|---|
| n | ං | anusvara (nasal) |
| h | ඃ | visarga |
| K | ඛ | aspirated kh |
| G | ඝ | aspirated gh |
| T | ඨ | aspirated th |
| D | ඪ | aspirated dh |
| P | ඵ | aspirated ph |
| B | ඹ | aspirated bh |
| N | ණ | retroflex n |
| L | ළ | retroflex l |
| S | ෂ | retroflex sh |
| . | । | punctuation |
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