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Sinhala language is totally different from Tamil. The former has 36 letters, while the latter is incredibly more complex and contains 361 phonemes. A Tamil man was explaining that they split each word in more phonemes than Sinhalas do. So, for instance, the word "bus", is made of one phoneme for "ba" and one for the sound "s". Anyway the two etnic groups have serious problems in understanding each other and this is one of the main reasons for small disputes and prejudice among them. Furthermore, Tamil language is not extensively taught in schools, so the language must be learned through private lessons - like the owner of my guesthouse did. On his final test he did better in Sinhala grammar than Tamil. My friend admitted that because of Tamil's complexity, new learners are discouraged.
alphabet
Sinhala language is totally different from Tamil. The former has 36 letters, while the latter is incredibly more complex and contains 361 phonemes. A Tamil man was explaining that they split each word in more phonemes than Sinhalas do. So, for instance, the word "bus", is made of one phoneme for "ba" and one for the sound "s". Anyway the two etnic groups have serious problems in understanding each other and this is one of the main reasons for small disputes and prejudice among them. Furthermore, Tamil language is not extensively taught in schools, so the language must be learned through private lessons - like the owner of my guesthouse did. On his final test he did better in Sinhala grammar than Tamil. My friend admitted that because of Tamil's complexity, new learners are discouraged.