Sinhala

Sinhala is offered from Cornell by Professor Bandara Herath. For more information on this class, please contact mph82@cornell.edu.

Course Offerings

Elementary Sinhala 

Semi-intensive introduction to colloquial Sinhala, intended for beginners. A thorough grounding is given in all the language skills; listening, speaking, reading, and writing.

Intermediate Sinhala 

This course further develops student competence in colloquial Sinhala, attending to all the language skills: listening, speaking, reading and writing. In addition, this course prepares students for the transition to literary Sinhala.

For class times and locations, please see the Schedule page.

Literary Sinhala

This course provides an introduction to the distinctive grammatical forms and vocabulary used in Literary Sinhala. While focused particularly on the development of reading skills, the course also introduces students to Literary Sinhala composition, and builds students’ listening comprehension of semi-literary Sinhala forms (such as those used in radio and TV news).

For class times and locations, please see the Schedule page.