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# Phonetic Map

This page documents practical key patterns based on current package behavior.

Authoritative mapping source:

* [PHONETICS.txt (remeinium/singlish)](https://github.com/remeinium/singlish/blob/main/PHONETICS.txt)

## Important Behavior

* Bare consonants resolve to hal forms.
  * Example: `k` -> `ක්`, `t` -> `ට්`, `th` -> `ත්`
* Appending `a` commits the inherent vowel.
  * Example: `ka` -> `ක`, `ta` -> `ට`, `tha` -> `ත`

## Vowels (Independent)

| Singlish    | Sinhala |
| :---------- | :------ |
| `a`         | අ       |
| `aa`        | ආ       |
| `A`         | ඇ       |
| `Aa` / `AA` | ඈ       |
| `i`         | ඉ       |
| `ii`        | ඊ       |
| `u`         | උ       |
| `uu`        | ඌ       |
| `R`         | ඍ       |
| `Ru`        | ඎ       |
| `e`         | එ       |
| `ee`        | ඒ       |
| `ai`        | ඓ       |
| `o`         | ඔ       |
| `oo`        | ඕ       |
| `au` / `ou` | ඖ       |

## Consonants (Base and Committed)

| Pattern        | Sinhala    | Note               |
| :------------- | :--------- | :----------------- |
| `k` / `ka`     | `ක්` / `ක` | Velar              |
| `kh` / `kha`   | `ඛ්` / `ඛ` | Aspirated          |
| `g` / `ga`     | `ග්` / `ග` | Velar              |
| `gh` / `gha`   | `ඝ්` / `ඝ` | Aspirated          |
| `ch` / `cha`   | `ච්` / `ච` | Palatal            |
| `chh` / `chha` | `ඡ්` / `ඡ` | Aspirated          |
| `j` / `ja`     | `ජ්` / `ජ` | Palatal            |
| `t` / `ta`     | `ට්` / `ට` | Retroflex series   |
| `th` / `tha`   | `ත්` / `ත` | Dental series      |
| `d` / `da`     | `ඩ්` / `ඩ` | Retroflex series   |
| `dh` / `dha`   | `ද්` / `ද` | Dental series      |
| `n` / `na`     | `න්` / `න` | Dental             |
| `N` / `Na`     | `ණ්` / `ණ` | Retroflex          |
| `p` / `pa`     | `ප්` / `ප` | Labial             |
| `ph` / `pha`   | `ඵ්` / `ඵ` | Aspirated          |
| `b` / `ba`     | `බ්` / `බ` | Labial             |
| `bh` / `bha`   | `භ්` / `භ` | Aspirated          |
| `m` / `ma`     | `ම්` / `ම` | Labial             |
| `y` / `ya`     | `ය්` / `ය` | Semivowel          |
| `r` / `ra`     | `ර්` / `ර` | Semivowel          |
| `l` / `la`     | `ල්` / `ල` | Lateral            |
| `L` / `La`     | `ළ්` / `ළ` | Retroflex lateral  |
| `v` / `va`     | `ව්` / `ව` | Also `w`           |
| `w` / `wa`     | `ව්` / `ව` | Also `v`           |
| `s` / `sa`     | `ස්` / `ස` | Sibilant           |
| `sh` / `sha`   | `ශ්` / `ශ` | Palatal sibilant   |
| `S` / `Sa`     | `ෂ්` / `ෂ` | Retroflex sibilant |
| `h` / `ha`     | `හ්` / `හ` | Aspirate           |
| `f` / `fa`     | `ෆ්` / `ෆ` | Borrowed           |

## Prenasalized (Sanyaka)

| Singlish       | Sinhala |
| :------------- | :------ |
| `zga`          | ඟ       |
| `zja`          | ඦ       |
| `zda`          | ඬ       |
| `zdha` / `zqa` | ඳ       |
| `zka`          | ඤ       |
| `zha`          | ඥ       |
| `Ba`           | ඹ       |

## Vowel Modifiers (after a consonant)

| Singlish    | Example with `k` |
| :---------- | :--------------- |
| `a`         | ක                |
| `aa`        | කා               |
| `A`         | කැ               |
| `Aa` / `AA` | කෑ               |
| `i`         | කි               |
| `ii`        | කී               |
| `u`         | කු               |
| `uu`        | කූ               |
| `ru`        | කෘ               |
| `ruu`       | කෲ               |
| `e`         | කෙ               |
| `ee`        | කේ               |
| `ai`        | කෛ               |
| `o`         | කො               |
| `oo`        | කෝ               |
| `au`        | කෞ               |

## Special Sequences

| Singlish | Sinhala | Description        |
| :------- | :------ | :----------------- |
| `x`      | ං       | Anusvaraya         |
| `H`      | ඃ       | Visargaya          |
| `Lu`     | ළු      | Special vowel form |
| `kya`    | ක්‍ය    | Yansaya            |
| `kra`    | ක්‍ර    | Rakaransaya        |