The charts below show the way in which the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) represents Sinhala pronunciations. For a guide to adding IPA characters to Wikipedia articles, see Template:IPA and Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Pronunciation § Entering IPA characters.

See Sinhala phonology for a more throrough look of the sounds of Sinhala.

Consonants
IPAŚuddhaMiśraISO 15919English approximation
b බභba, bhaabout
ᵐb ඹm̆bazombie
d දධda, dhado
ⁿd ඳn̆dahandy
ɖ ඩඪḍa, ḍhaGeneral American guard
ᶯɖ ඬn̆ḍaGeneral American barndoor
f ෆfafar
dʒ ජඣja, jhaajar
ⁿdʒ ඦn̆jabanjo
j ය​yayes
ɡ ගඝga, ghaagain
ᵑɡ ඟn̆gaangle
ɦ හhahat
k කඛka, khascan
l ලlaleaf
ɭ ළḷaSouthern American parlor
m මmamore
n නnanot
ɲ ඤñacanyon
ŋ ඞṅasinger
ɳ ණṇaSouthern American internet
p පඵpa, phaspan
r රraScottish curd
s සsasee
ʃ ශ, ෂśa, ṣashe
t තථta, thastop
ʈ ටඨṭa, ṭhaGeneral American art
tʃ චඡcaexchange
ʋ වvabetween vase and wine
Vowels
IPAOrthographyISO 15919English approximation
a අ a Canadian hat
aː ආ ā father
æ ඇ æ hat
æː ඈ ǣ father
i ඉ i happy
iː ඊ ī feet
u උ u fruition
uː ඌ ū choose
e එ e bed
eː ඒ ē Indian day
o ඔ o story
oː ඕ ō Indian goat
Diphthongs
ai̯ ඓ ai die
au̯ ඖ au house
allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA/Sinhala