![]() It is explained in the highlighted part of the previous lesson. 'අ' is the only letter in Sinhalese which can be pronounced in two ways. Try to memorize the letters and the sounds of each letter. It evolved to the modern Sinhala alphabet. There are only 10 vowels and 20 consonants in this alphabet. Known as "Sidhath Sangara Hodiya" (සිදත් සඟරා හෝඩිය meaning, "The Alphabet of The Journal of Theories"). The first documentation of the Sinhala alphabet is found in the journal "Sidhath Sangarawa" (සිදත් සඟරාව meaning, "The Journal of Theories") which was written in medieval Sinhala in the age of Dambadeniya (1220–1345). It has been using as the standard alphabet by Sri lankan National Institute of Education (NIE) since 1989. ![]() There are 18 vowels and 42 consonants in this modern alphabet. The above alphabet is the standard alphabet for Sinhalese. ![]()
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