Sinhala Text to Speech

Sinhala: key facts, script tips and related languages

Sinhala is the main language of Sri Lanka and the first language of its largest community. It belongs to the Indo-Aryan family and has been written for more than two thousand years in its own rounded script.

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Sinhala at a glance

Where it is spoken
Sri Lanka, plus Sinhalese communities abroad
Status
Official language of Sri Lanka, together with Tamil
Family
Indo-Aryan
Script
Sinhala script, written left to right with rounded letters
Speakers
Around seventeen million
Two registers
A formal written style and a more casual spoken style

About Sinhala

Sinhala is the main language of Sri Lanka and the first language of its largest community. It belongs to the Indo-Aryan family and has been written for more than two thousand years in its own rounded script.

The spoken and written styles differ more than in many languages: books, news and official documents use the formal style, while conversation uses the spoken one.

Preparing a Sinhala script for audio

Decide first whether your audio should sound formal (news, education, announcements) or conversational (social video, advertising). Write the script in that style from the start.

Spell out numbers and abbreviations, keep sentences short, and keep English names and brands consistent, since mixed Sinhala and English is common in Sri Lankan speech.

Reaching Sri Lankan audiences

Sri Lanka is multilingual: Sinhala, Tamil and English are all widely used. Public information, courses and marketing often appear in all three.

A typical workflow is to write the Sinhala script, translate it for Tamil and English audiences, and keep the structure of the audio the same across versions.

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