Sinhala Unicode Converter: English to Sinhala Transliteration

Sinhala Unicode converter allows users to convert English or Romanized text into Sinhala Unicode in real-time. This converter is commonly used by people who are not familiar with the Sinhala keyboard or script but need to type in Sinhala. It automatically convert English or Romanized text into Sinhala Unicode characters when the user types or copy and paste. This Sinhala Unicode converter can be a quick and convenient way to type in Sinhala without a physical Sinhala keyboard or knowledge of the Sinhala script. However, the accuracy can vary due to complexity of the input text. Therefore, it is recommended to proofread and edit the converted text before using it for any formal purposes.

This convertor uses English to Sinhala transliteration (Romanization system) where English letters are used to represent Sinhala sounds. Therefore, "ammaa" in English letters would be transliterated as "අම්මා" in Sinhala script. The first character "අ" (a) represents the English sound "aa", and the following characters "ම්මා" (mma) represent the sound "mma" in Sinhala.

English Transliteration
Real-time Unicode (යුනිකෝඩ්)

What is English to Sinhala transliteration?

English to Sinhala transliteration is the process of representing English letters as Sinhala words. It involves the conversion of English letter into their equivalent Sinhala words and phrases. This process allows Sinhala speakers to write, read and understand Sinhala through English text/Romanization. It is also useful for non Sinhala speakers who do not know Sinhala script.

The biggest challenge is the Sinhala script has more letters than the English alphabet. This means that some Sinhala sounds do not have an exact equivalent in English. For example: The Sinhala sound "ළ" does not exist in the English. To overcome this challenge, Sinhala transliteration uses a combination of letters (‘la’) to represent the English sound.

Another challenge is that Sinhala script has multiple letters that represent the same sound. For example, the Sinhala letters ක and ග both represent the "k" sound. You have to consider the surrounding letters and the pronunciation of the word to choose the correct letter.

Example (phonetic sound):

A set of rules use to convert English characters to Sinhala characters based on their phonetic sounds. For example: English letter 'a' is transliterated to Sinhala character 'අ' (a), and the English letter 'k' is transliterated to the Sinhala character 'ක' (ka).

Example (English transliteration):

English word "mother" can be transliterated as "මවයි" in Sinhala. The first character "ම" (ma) represents the English sound "m", the next character "ව" (va) represents the sound "th", and the following characters "යි" (yi) represent the sound "er" in "mother".

Sinhala Transliteration Help

Vowel sounds have short and long sounds.

Vowel Sounds
Short				Long
අ	a			ආ	aa	a)
ඇ	A	\a		ඈ	Aa	A)	ae
ඉ	i			ඊ	ii	i)	ie	ee
එ	e			ඒ	ea	e)	ei
ඔ	o			ඕ	oe	o)
උ	u			ඌ	uu	u)	oo
				ඖ	au

Consonants have common, aspirated, special and standalone forms.

Consonants

Common

Aspirated

Special

Standalone

ක

k

බ

b

ඛ

kh

K

ඹ

B

ං

\n

ග

g

ම

m

ඝ

gh

G

ශ

sh

ඃ

\h

ච

ch

ය

y

ඡ

Ch

ෂ

Sh

ඬ

\N

ජ

j

ර

r

ඨ

T

ෆ

f

ඍ

\R

ට

t

ල

l

ඪ

D

ඥ

GN

ඩ

d

ව

w

v

ථ

Th

ඤ

KN

ත

th

ස

s

ධ

Dh

ඣ

q

ද

dh

හ

h

ඵ

ph

P

ළු

Lu

න

n

ණ

N

භ

bh

ළූ

Luu

ප

p

ළ

L

Auxiliaries can be defined as special auxiliaries, vowel sound auxiliaries and nasal sound suxiliaries.

Auxiliaries
Special Auxiliaries
ර්	මර්‍	\r<letter>	R<letter>
්‍ය	ධ්‍ය‍	<letter>Y	<letter>\y
Vowel Sound Auxiliaries
ෘ	කෘ	<letter>ru
ෟ	චෞ	<letter>au
ෛ	මෛ	<letter>I
Nasal Sound Auxiliaries
ඬ	හඬ	nnda
ඳ	හඳ	nndha
ඟ	ගඟ	nnga

Derivative consonants forms from vowels and consonants. Eg: k + a = ka (ක් + අ = ක) See the below table for all derivative consonants' forms of k (ක්). Remember there are other consonants in the Sinhalese alphabet.

ක්

ක

කා

කැ

කෑ

කි

කී

කු

කූ

කෙ

කේ

කො

කෝ

k

ka

kaa

kA

kAa

ki

kie

ku

kuu

ke

kei

ko

koe

කෞ

ක්‍ර

ක්‍රා

ක්‍රැ

ක්‍රෑ

ක්‍රි

ක්‍රී

කෘ

කෲ

ක්‍රෙ

ක්‍රේ

ක්‍රො

ක්‍රෝ

kau

kra

kraa

krA

krAa

kri

krie

kru

kruu

kre

krei

kro

kroe