Sinhala Alphabet With Tamil Fix May 2026

அ ஆ இ ஈ உ ஊ எ ஏ ஐ ஒ ஓ ஔ

අ ආ ඇ ඈ ඉ ඊ උ ඌ එ ඒ ඔ ඕ Tamil also has 12 independent vowels: sinhala alphabet with tamil

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| 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 | |

These are nearly identical in purpose and shape in both alphabets:

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.

Yet today, on Sri Lankan currency, road signs, and government documents, both scripts sit side by side—a beautiful, functional example of two alphabets that learned to live together.