Henadeerage D.K. Topics in Sinhala Syntax

Colombo: W. Skeen, 1914. — 167 p. The present work is compiled upon a system which has been applied with the greatest success to nearly every European language ; and I, therefore, present it to the Public with confident hope that it will in no slight degree assist Europeans in the acquisition of Singhalese. Whatever of merit there may be in the work, is mainly due to...

Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing Company Date: 2010 Hardcover: 311 pages ISBN10: 9027238154 ISBN13: 978-9027238153 Language: English Sinhala is one of the official languages of Sri Lanka and the mother tongue of over 70% of the population. Outside Sri Lanka it is used among immigrant populations in the U.K., North America, Australia and some European and Middle Eastern...

Publisher: Colombo, Wesleyan mission press Date: 1892 Pages: 824 The first edition of this work was published in 1830. It proved to be most valuable to students of the Sinhalese language. The book has for many years been out of print and copies have been obtained only at very high prices. The issue of a newedition has therefore been long felt to be necessary ; but the...

Colombo: External Services Agency, University of Sri Lanka, 1977. - 132 p. An introduction to spoken Sinhala - English and Sinhalese (Roman). Transliteration Abbreviations Lesson One A Foreigner on a Visit to Sri Lanka Lesson Two In a Remote Village Lesson Three Is This the Way to Mr. Perera's House Lesson Four A Visitor to an Office Lesson Five Two Students in a University...

Publisher: Manchester, The University Press; London, New York Date: 1919 Pages: 57 For the benefit of readers to whom phonetics is a new subject we would explain that phonetics is the science of pronunciation. The primary object of this science is to analyse the mechanism of speech with the greatest possible accuracy. Phonetic theory is mainly- concerned with describing how...

М.: Международные отношения, 1977. — 214 с. От автора: Настоящий самоучитель предназначается для самостоятельного изучения литературного сингальского языка и ряда грамматических форм разговорного языка в пределах, позволяющих читать и переводить несложные тексты со словарём и объясняться по ряду бытовых тем. Самоучитель состоит из 20 уроков. Уроки с 1-го по 7-ой посвящены описанию...