Sinhala Alphabet With Tamil -
| Sound | Sinhala | Tamil | | :--- | :--- | :--- | | Ka (unvoiced) | ක | க | | Kha (aspirated) | ඛ | (not present) | | Ga (voiced) | ග | (uses க with sound change) | | Gha (aspirated voiced) | ඝ | (not present) |
| Sound | Sinhala | Tamil | | :--- | :--- | :--- | | Ja | ජ | ஜ | | Sha | ශ | ஷ | | Sa (palatal) | ෂ | (same as Sha in Tamil) | | Ha | හ | ஹ | | Ksha | ක්ෂ | க்ஷ | sinhala alphabet with tamil
However, dig a little deeper, and you’ll find a fascinating linguistic story. As two official languages of Sri Lanka, Sinhala and Tamil have influenced each other for over two millennia. While they belong to different language families (Sinhala is Indo-European; Tamil is Dravidian), their alphabets share a common ancestor and several interesting parallels. | Sound | Sinhala | Tamil | |
When you first glance at the Sinhala script (used for the Sinhalese language) and the Tamil script (used for Tamil in Sri Lanka, India, and Singapore), they look like two separate artistic worlds. Sinhala appears curvy and circular (like many Brahmic scripts), while Tamil looks angular and linear. When you first glance at the Sinhala script
These are nearly identical in purpose and shape in both alphabets:
අ ආ ඇ ඈ ඉ ඊ උ ඌ එ ඒ ඔ ඕ Tamil also has 12 independent vowels:
அ ஆ இ ஈ உ ஊ எ ஏ ஐ ஒ ஓ ஔ
