ĺ

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

Translingual

Symbol

ĺ

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

Basque

Etymology

Coined by Sabino Arana.

Pronunciation

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 In the standard orthography, it has been replaced by ll and il.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

Slovak

Pronunciation

Letter

ĺ (upper case Ĺ)

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

See also

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, 2003–2024