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Contents : Sinhalese Vowels and Diphthongs (see Note 1) a i u e o ai au Consonants (see Note 2) Gutturals Palatals Cerebrals Dentals Notes ka kha ga gha a Labials pa pha ba bha ma ca cha ja jha a a ha a ha a Sibilants a a sa ta tha da dha na Aspirate ha Semivowels ya ra la a va Anusvra (see Note 3) Visarga Avagraha Sa aka (see Note 4) ' (apostrophe) 1. Only the vowel forms that appear at the beginning of a syllable are listed the forms used for vowels following a consonant can be found in grammars no distinction between the two is made in transliteration. 2. The vowel a is implicit after all consonants and consonant clusters and is supplied in transliteration with the following exceptions: a) when another vowel is indicated by its appropriate sign and b) when the absence of any vowel is indicated by the sign called virma. 3. Exceptions: Anusvra is transliterated by: a) before gutturals b) before palatals c) before cerebrals d) n before dentals and e) m before labials. 4. Exceptions: a) when sa aka represents a nasal it is romanized according to the rule for anusvra. b) when sa aka is combined with an aspirated consonant the combination is romanized as a non-aspirated followed by an aspirated consonant.

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