ľ

See also: l̓, ĺ, lʼ, ʼl, l', and Appendix:Variations of "l"

ľ U+013E, ľ LATIN SMALL LETTER L WITH CARON Composition: l [U+006C] + ◌̌ [U+030C] ← Ľ [U+013D] Latin Extended-A Ŀ → [U+013F]

Translingual

Letter

l‌̌

1. (UPA) a voiced alveolar lateral fricative (IPA [ɮ]).

Usage notes

The letter varies between ⟨l̕⟩ (l with an apostrophe) and 'global style' ⟨l‌̌⟩ (l with a caron), depending on local language conventions. In UPA it is ⟨l‌̌⟩.

Slovak

Pronunciation

• (phoneme) IPA^(key): /ʎ/

Letter

ľ (upper case Ľ)

1. The twenty-third 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

• “ľ”, 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