A bilingual dictionary compiled by R. Woodward Bernard de Zoysa and issued by Godage Publishers, the Colombo house that publishes in Sinhala and in English across a wide range of subjects.
The working language is Sinhala. Headwords are given in Sinhala script with their English equivalents, so the book is set up for someone moving from Sinhala into English rather than the other way round. Anyone ordering from abroad should know that reading it requires the Sinhala alphabet — this is not a romanised phrasebook, and a beginner with no script will struggle to use it.
That makes it most useful to Sinhala speakers working in English, to translators and students, and to families outside Sri Lanka who read Sinhala at home and want a reference on the shelf rather than a phone app. Language teachers and university libraries with a South Asian collection will also find a place for it.
It is a single hardworking desk volume, intended for daily consultation rather than occasional browsing.
- Author: R. Woodward Bernard de Zoysa
- Publisher: Godage Publishers
- Language: Sinhala
- Pages: 1019
- ISBN: 978-955-30-6154-6
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