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Singlish to Sinhala — Free, In-Browser, No Signup

Singlish-සිංහල පරිවර්තනය — සරල, නොමිලේ, මාර්ගගතව.

AkuruLiyo converts Singlish to Sinhala one word at a time, in place, as you type. Phonetic, Helakuru-compatible, and free to use without an account.

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How the conversion works

You write Singlish (Sinhala spelled with English letters, phonetically). The moment a word ends — when you press space, a comma, a period, or any other boundary — that word is replaced with its Sinhala equivalent. The next word does the same. The cursor stays where you left it, so your typing rhythm never breaks.

A few examples to ground the idea:

  • ayubowanආයුබෝවන්
  • mamaමම
  • kohomadaකොහොමද
  • obata stuthiඔබට ස්තූති

The rules are compatible with Helakuru's Singlish convention, which is what most Sri Lankan typists already know from their phones. If you can type a sentence in Helakuru, you can type it here without relearning a single mapping.

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Paste a Singlish paragraph and let it process

You don't have to type the Singlish yourself — paste a paragraph from a chat, a draft, or an old email and AkuruLiyo runs the same word-boundary conversion across the whole block. Each word gets replaced; English words you didn't mean as Singlish are kept as English. You then style, edit, and copy the Sinhala result anywhere you need it.

The converter is the engine behind the editor, not a separate tool. That means the same Singlish to Sinhala flow is available when you're writing a long article, jotting a note, or drafting a social-media post. If you're looking for the full writing tool with formatting, head to the Sinhala text editor page. For plain typing without any chrome, the type Sinhala online page is a shorter introduction.

Frequently asked questions

Is the Singlish-to-Sinhala conversion accurate?
Common words and phrases convert reliably. The rule set is hand-tuned against Helakuru's ground truth across hundreds of test cases. Ambiguous Singlish (names, slang spellings) will sometimes pick a less-common reading — backspace into the word to restore the original Singlish and edit it.
Can I paste a long Singlish paragraph instead of typing it?
Yes. Paste a block of Singlish into the editor and the converter applies the same word-by-word logic. The pasted text appears as Sinhala almost instantly; you can then format, edit, or copy it out.
What if I want to keep certain words in English?
Type the word as you normally would and it will stay English. You can also lock a specific word as English from the right-click menu — useful when AkuruLiyo mis-reads an English name as Singlish.
Does the converter follow Helakuru's rules?
Yes — the engine is calibrated against Helakuru's output, so the Singlish spellings you're used to from Helakuru on Android produce the same Sinhala words here.
Where does my text go after conversion?
Nowhere. The conversion runs entirely in your browser and the document autosaves to local storage on your device. AkuruLiyo has no server, no account, and no upload step.