To practice Sinhala vowel letters and sounds - ස්වර අක්ෂර හා ශබ්ද පුහුණුවට

Sinhala Vowel sounds - සිංහල ස්වර ශබ්ද

this letter has two vowel sounds

/ʌ/ as ‘u’ in cup (open sound)
/ə/ as ‘a’ in ago (closed sound)

Short vowel sound

අම්මා - ʌmma (Amma) - Mother
මම - Mʌmə (mama) - I

/ɑː/ as a in art

long vowel sound

ආච්චි - ɑːchchi (Achchi) - Grand ma
ආතා - ɑːtha (Atha) - Grand pa

/æ/ as a in sat

Short vowel sound

ඇය - æya - She
ඇත්ත - æththa - truth

/Æ/ as a in sad

Long vowel sound 

ඈත - Ætha - far away
ඈනුම - Ænuma - yawn

/ɪ/ as i in sit

Short vowel sound

ඉර - ɪra - sun
ඉහල - ɪhala - above/upper

/i/ as ee in seen

Long vowel sound

ඊතලය - ithalaya - arrow
ඊරි - iree - female pig

/ʊ/ as u in put

Short vowel sound

උණ ගස - ʊna gasa - bamboo tree
උතුර - ʊthura - north

/u/ as u in rule

Long vowel sound

ඌරා - ura - pig
ඌව - uwa

/ɛ/ as e in set

Short vowel sound

එනවා - ɛnawa - come
එළුවා - ɛluwa - goat

/eɪ/ as e in grey

Long vowel sound

ඒදණ්ඩ - eɪdhanda - tree trunk bridge

/o/ as o in obey

Short vowel sound

ඔටුවා - otuwa - camal
ඔයා - oya - you

/əʊ/ as o in rope

Long vowel sound

ඕලු - əʊlu - water lily 
ඕපා දූප - əʊpa dupa - gossip