User talk:Spaniel Louis

The pronounciation of the country's name given in phonetic transcription for both UK and USA is not that used by any sector of the Sri Lankan population. Perhaps thesepronunciations are in fact common in the UK and USA and, in this respect, correct so far as that goes. The country's name is given in Sinhalese and Tamil script. The pronunciation in these two languages differs both each from the other and from the versions given for the UK and USA. It would improve the article to provide IPA transcriptions of the Sinhalese and Tamil script versions so that /wikipedia readers can make a comparison for themselves.

Perhaps it would also help to improve pronunciation of the country's name by foreigners by enabling them to make an informed choice.

Achieving an acceptably close approximation to the Sinhalese language pronounciation should cause English language speakers no difficulty.

Note: This is a suggestion for improvement, not a draft replacement text.

Spaniel Louis (talk) 16:02, 14 July 2018 (UTC)