Sinhalese Translation

Target Language Translation Services provides English to Sinhalese translation by certified Sinhalese linguists with years of experience. Our translation is done with utmost professionalism and accuracy that not translates the source but conveys the true meaning of the content.

Our native Sinhalese linguists all live in their home country and possess an excellent command of written Sinhalese. Linguists are rigorously evaluated for their sector specific expertise too. So whether you specialize in technology, education, retail or manufacturing, we will allocate the most appropriate Sinhalese linguist to meet your needs.

About Sinhalese

Official language in:  Sri Lanka

Sinhala is an Indo-Aryan language spoken by about 16 million Sinhalese people in Sri Lanka. It also used as a second language by another 3 million people belonging to other ethnic groups in Sri Lanka, where it is one of the official and national languages, along with Tamil. There are also considerable numbers of Sinhala speakers in Singapore, Thailand, Canada and the United Arab Emirates.

Sinhala is also known as Sinhalese or Singhala - the latter version is closer to the pronunciation native name. The native name of the language is සිංහල (Siṃhāla), which comes from Sanskrit and could be translated as "lion-seizer", "lion-killer" or "lion blood", which refer to the legendary founder of the Sinhala people, Prince Vijaya, a descendant of Sinhabahu/Sīhabāhu ("Lion-arms"), the son of a princess of the Vanga Kingdom and a lion.

Sinhala alphabet

The Sinhala alphabet, a descendent of the Brahmi script, started to appear in Prakrit inscriptions during the 3rd and 2nd centuries BC. Both the alphabet and the language have changed considerably since then. The earliest surviving literature in Sinhala dates from the 9th century AD.

The Sinhala alphabet is also used to write Pali and Sanskrit in Sri Lanka.

Notable features

• Type of writing system: syllabic alphabet.

• Direction of writing: left to right in horizontal lines.

• When they appear the beginning of a syllable, vowels are written as independent letters.

• Prenasalized consonants, such as mb, nd, ṇd and ng, are formed by special conjunct symbols that combine the stop and the homorganic nasal.

• Conjunct symbols are used only when writing Sanskrit or Pali with the Sinhala alphabet.

• A subset of the letters, known as Eḷu hōḷdiya, was used to write classical Sinhala (Eḷu) - shown in blue below. Many extra letters were added to write Sanskrit and Pali loanwords.

Vowels

Vowel diacritics with ka

Consonants

Conjunct consonants

Numerals

How much does a translation into Sinhalese cost?

The standard rate for translations from English into Sinhalese is $ 0.11. For urgent jobs that need several linguists working simultaneously, we will apply a surcharge.

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