Sinhalese for Cavers

The official languages of Sri Lanka are Sinhalese, Tamil, and English. Sinhalese is the actual language of the native inhabitatnts. English is a remains of the times when the island was called Ceylon and was a British colony. Tamil is spoken by a local minority of 17% Tamil, mostly living in the north of the country.


Sinhalese Transkript English
ගුහාව guhāva cave
කාර්ස්ට් වසන්තය kārsṭ vasantaya karst spring
ගුහාව guhāva caving
ගිලා බැසීම gilā bæsīma sinkhole
අගාධය agādhaya ponor
භූගත ජලය bhūgata jalaya groundwater
වලවල් valaval pothole
පතල් patal mine
පහළම මාලය pahaḷama mālaya basement
බඳුනක් යට වත් ban̆dunak yaṭa vat cellar