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