Sinhalese

Includes 19 audio CD discs ( = 16 hours), and two textbooks of 109 pages and 319 pages. This course included 24 lessons, each containing a conversation, a grammar section, and exercises. Romanized transcription is used in the first twelve lessons. Sinhala script is introduced in Lesson 5. Beginning in Lesson 13, all new material is written in Sinhalese script.

We recommend Talk Now! for any language beginner who wants an entertaining self-study course to learn basic phrases, colors, numbers, food, shopping, time, countries, etc. Talk Now! is designed for people who want to learn a language quickly. It's fun, fast, and makes learning easy. If you don't have time to become fluent, but need the basics in a hurry, then Talk Now! is for you. Designed by language experts, Talk Now! includes great features like speak and repeat, interactive games, and digital recordings with both sexes of native speakers. And Talk Now! runs on both Macintosh and Windows computers. This is a fun way of instruction to learn and speak the Sinhalese language. $_$_START_LIST ? Ideal for beginners and travelers ? Topics include: first words, phrases, food, shopping, numbers, time and more ? Interactive and fun ? Immediate responses to every choice you make ? Compare your pronunciation to that of native speakers, using the record button ? Test your knowledge with easy and hard quizzes, plus play a challenging memory game! ? Monitor your progress--keep a check on your total score, and print your own awards. ? On-screen help is available at all times in over ? Print your own picture dictionary for handy reference $_$_END_LIST

Includes 7 audio CD discs ( = 11 hours), and a 251-page textbook. Also includes Sinhalese-English and English-Sinhalese glossaries.

Lonely Planet Publications. (spoken in Sri Lanka and the Maldives)