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Sinhala Script & Sounds (L1)

CEFR A1 · Start here. The most rounded script in South Asia, the prenasalised consonants nobody else has, and the widest spoken-written gap of any language in this ladder.

Professional electiveBeginnerSinhaleseCertificateAligned: CEFR level A1
1 module 11 lessons 14 enrolled ~12h of material

First three lessons free. Full access with Karka Pass from ₹49 for 7 days (7 days ₹49 · 30 days ₹199 · 1 year ₹1,999).

Sinhala Script & Sounds (L1)

By the end

What you'll build

  • Read and write the Sinhala consonants and vowel signs
  • Produce the prenasalised consonants ඟ, ඳ, ඹ, ඬ
  • Handle the four-way stop contrast and the retroflex/dental pairs
  • Distinguish the pure and impure alphabets
  • Understand the spoken/written diglossia and how to approach it
  • Greet, thank and introduce yourself

Curriculum

What's inside

1 module · 11 lessons

  1. 01

    The Script and the Sounds

    11 lessons
    • Find Your Level — Read This First
    • Find Your Level — 5-Minute Placement Checkquiz
    • Curves, and Two Languages in One
    • Trace the Sinhala Lettersscript trace
    • Type Sinhalalipi type
    • + 6 more lessons

The shape of it

How this course works

Short lessons

11 lessons across 1 module, each small enough to finish in one sitting.

Practice as you go

Every lesson ends with a small space for what you noticed — the doing is the learning.

A certificate at the end

Finish the course and earn a certificate anyone can verify with a link.

Ready when you are.

Make an account and this course opens up — your progress is saved from the very first lesson.