ĺ

See also: Appendix:Variations of "l"

ĺ U+013A, ĺ LATIN SMALL LETTER L WITH ACUTE Composition: l [U+006C] + ◌́ [U+0301] ← Ĺ [U+0139] Latin Extended-A Ļ → [U+013B]

Translingual

Symbol

ĺ

1. (UPA) a palatalized or palatal l sound (IPA [lʲ] or [ʎ]), depending on the variant of UPA.

Basque

Etymology

Coined by Sabino Arana.

Pronunciation

• (phoneme) IPA^(key): /ʎ/

Letter

ĺ (lower case, upper case Ĺ)

1. (obsolete) The letter l with an acute accent.

Usage notes

• In Sabino Arana's orthography, it was used for the voiced palatal lateral approximant. In the standard orthography, it has been replaced by ll and il.

See also

• (Latin-script letters) A a, B b, C c (Ç ç), D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, Ñ ñ, O o, P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u (Ü ü), V v, W w, X x, Y y, Z z

Slovak

Pronunciation

• (phoneme) IPA^(key): /ɫ̩ː/

Letter

ĺ (upper case Ĺ)

1. The twenty-second letter of the Slovak alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See also

• (Latin-script letters) písmeno; A a, Á á, Ä ä, B b, C c, Č č, D d, Ď ď, Dz dz, Dž dž, E e, É é, F f, G g, H h, Ch ch, I i, Í í, J j, K k, L l, Ĺ ĺ, Ľ ľ, M m, N n, Ň ň, O o, Ó ó, Ô ô, P p, Q q, R r, Ŕ ŕ, S s, Š š, T t, Ť ť, U u, Ú ú, V v, W w, X x, Y y, Ý ý, Z z, Ž ž

Further reading

• “ĺ”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025