Lonely Planet Sinhala (Sri Lanka) Phrasebook & Dictionary

Your handy passport to culturally enriching travels in Sri Lanka, with the most relevant and useful Sinhala phrases and vocabulary for all your travel needs. Ask for recommendations of tucked-away beaches, bargain at a vegetable market, and mingle at a local cricket match—all with your trusted travel companion.

Get more from your trip with easy-to-find phrases for every travel situation. Feel at ease with essential tips on culture, manners, idioms and multiple meanings. Order with confidence, explain food allergies, and try new foods with the menu decoder. Never get stuck for words with the 3,500-word two-way, quick-reference dictionary, and be prepared for both common and emergency situations with practical phrases and terminology. Meet friends with conversation starter phrases and get your message across with easy-to-use pronunciation guides.

Inside you'll find full-colour, user-friendly layout organized by travel scenario categories, with survival phrases inside the front cover for at-a-glance reference. Convenient features include phrases to learn before you go, ways to start a sentence, phrases to sound like a local, and shortcuts—easy-to-remember alternatives to full phrases. Comprehensive coverage spans the basics (time, dates, numbers, pronunciation, grammar), practical topics (sightseeing, business, accommodation, directions, transport), social situations (meeting people, going out, romance, culture), safe travel (emergencies, police, doctor, symptoms), and food (ordering, at the market, dishes, ingredients).

This pocket-sized comprehensive language guide provides on-the-go language assistance—great for language students and travellers looking to interact with locals and immerse themselves in local culture.