This manual is intended to supply a working knowledge of Sinhalese, for the benefit, primarily, of those who have not the time, or, perhaps, the inclination, to master the Grammar of the language, and yet require to use the spoken tongue for business or other purposes. With this object in view, I have compiled the present work mainly on the lines of my Tamil self-taught, with the addition of an outline of the Grammar of Sinhalese, pending the publication of a ...
