Tamil Sinhala Alphabet !free! Official

ඓ (ai), ඖ (au) – rare, mainly in Sanskrit loans.

| Letter | IPA | Sound example | |--------|-----|----------------| | க் | /k/ | ey | | ங் | /ŋ/ | si ng | | ச் | /t͡ʃ/ | ch in | | ஞ் | /ɲ/ | ca ny on | | ட் | /ʈ/ | t op (retroflex) | | ண் | /ɳ/ | retroflex n | | த் | /t̪/ | dental t (like Spanish t ) | | ந் | /n̪/ | dental n | | ப் | /p/ | p in | | ம் | /m/ | m an | | ய் | /j/ | y es | | ர் | /ɾ/ | Spanish pe r o | | ல் | /l/ | l amp | | வ் | /ʋ/ | between v and w | | ழ் | /ɻ/ | retroflex approximant (unique to Tamil/Malayalam) | | ள் | /ɭ/ | retroflex l | | ற் | /r/ | trilled r (Italian r ) | | ன் | /n/ | alveolar n (English n ) | tamil sinhala alphabet

| Feature | Tamil | Sinhala | |---------|-------|---------| | | Dravidian | Indo-Aryan (related to Sanskrit, Pali, Hindi) | | Script type | Abugida (vowel diacritics attached to consonants) | Abugida (similar to Brahmic scripts) | | Direction | Left to right | Left to right | | Number of letters | 247 (12 vowels, 18 consonants, 1 special character, plus combined forms) | ~54–60 basic letters (plus many conjuncts and modifiers; total glyphs > 300) | | Notable feature | No aspirated or voiced consonants (e.g., no kha , ga separate from ka ) | Differentiates voiced, unvoiced, aspirated, and nasal sounds | | Official in | India (Tamil Nadu, Puducherry), Sri Lanka, Singapore | Sri Lanka | ඓ (ai), ඖ (au) – rare, mainly in Sanskrit loans

Sinhala forms stacked ligatures for conjunct consonants (e.g., kya , tva ). Example: → ක්‍ය (kya). Some are unique glyphs (e.g., ඥ for jña ). Some are unique glyphs (e

ஐ and ஔ are diphthongs.

| Unvoiced unasp. | Unvoiced asp. | Voiced unasp. | Voiced asp. | Nasal | |----------------|---------------|---------------|--------------|-------| | ක (ka) | ඛ (kha) | ග (ga) | ඝ (gha) | ඞ (ṅa) |