Practice Sinhala
Tikiri is a warm little app for exploring first Sinhala words: animals, colors, food, and all the everyday things your kid loves to point at. A gentle companion to keep Sinhala part of the everyday, with flashcards, the alphabet, playful quizzes, and phrases, plus a native speaker saying the words, letters, and phrases aloud.
Made for my son, shared with yours
I'm a Sri Lankan dad raising a little one in America. Languages like Spanish have tons of fun apps and books to help kids pick them up. Sinhala didn't really have that, and I wanted my son to grow up knowing the words I grew up with.
So I built it myself. That's Tikiri, a simple way to make my language part of his everyday, and hopefully part of yours too.
Little app. Big heart.
Flip, look, listen
Big, beautiful flashcards your kid actually wants to look at. Tap the picture to hear the word, then swipe or tap the arrow to the next. 165 words across 13 topics, from animals to family to food.
Grows with your kid
Switch between Little and Big modes to match where your child is. Start simple, add more as they're ready.
See it, pick it
Every card comes with clear Sinhala pronunciation, plus a simple romanized spelling so the whole family can follow along, even the grown-ups still brushing up.
Meet the hodiya
An Alphabet mode for the 37 Sinhala letters. Tap to hear each letter's sound, then its example word, with a friendly picture so the letters feel like old friends.
