What is Singlish typing?

Singlish typing is a phonetic method where you type Sinhala words using English letters based on how they sound. For example, typing "amma" produces "අම්මා" automatically.

How to type Sinhala vowels correctly?

Use doubled vowels for long sounds: "aa" for ආ, "ii" for ඊ, "uu" for ඌ. Single vowels produce short forms: "a" for අ, "i" for ඉ, "u" for උ.

What are the most common Singlish key patterns?

Common patterns: "ka" → ක, "sha" → ශ, "na" → න, "la" → ල, "ra" → ර. Double vowels for long sounds: "kaa" → කා, "kii" → කී.

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How it works: Type phonetically using English letters. Double vowels = long sound (e.g. kaa → කා). The engine matches the closest word from its 41,000-word dictionary.

Consonants

Type (Singlish)	Output (Sinhala)	Notes
ka	ක	base consonant
ga	ග
na	න	common na
ta	ත	dental ta
da	ද	dental da
pa	ප
ba	බ
ma	ම
ya	ය
ra	ර
la	ල
wa	ව
sha	ශ	common sha
sa	ස
ha	හ

Vowels

Type (Singlish)	Output (Sinhala)	Notes
a	අ	short a
aa	ආ	long aa
i	ඉ	short i
ii / ee	ඊ	long ii
u	උ	short u
uu / oo	ඌ	long uu
e	එ	short e
ae	ඇ	ae vowel
o	ඔ	short o

Vowel Diacritics (after consonant)

Type (Singlish)	Output (Sinhala)	Notes
ka	ක	inherent a
kaa	කා	long aa diacritic
ki	කි	short i diacritic
kii	කී	long ii diacritic
ku	කු	short u diacritic
ke	කෙ	e diacritic
ko	කො	o diacritic

Special Characters

Type (Singlish)	Output (Sinhala)	Notes
n (end)	ං	anusvara (bindu)
h (end)	ඃ	visarga
nga	ඞ	nga consonant
rya	ර්‍ය	repaya + ya

Common Word Examples

amma

අම්මා

Mother

ayubowan

ආයුබෝවන්

Greeting

sthuthi

ස්තූති

Thank you

lanka

ලංකා

Lanka

gedara

ගෙදර

Home

kohomada

කොහොමද

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