L
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See also: Appendix:Variations of "l", l [U+006C LATIN SMALL LETTER L], ㄴ [U+3134 HANGUL LETTER NIEUN], and ℓ [U+2113 SCRIPT SMALL L]
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Etymology
From the Etruscan letter 𐌋 (l, “el”), from the Ancient Greek letter Λ (L, “lambda”), derived from the Phoenician letter 𐤋 (l, “lamed”), from the Egyptian hieroglyph 𓌅.
Letter
L (lower case l)
- The twelfth letter of the basic modern Latin alphabet.
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Numeral
L
- Roman numeral fifty (50)
- the fiftieth (50th)
Symbol
L
- (measurement, SI) liter, litre.
- (biochemistry, IUPAC 1-letter abbreviation) leucine
- (set theory) Constructible universe
- (computer science) Deterministic logarithmic space
- (physics) inductance
- (astronomy, physics, measurement, cgs) lambert
- (linguistics) low tone
- (linguistics) A wildcard for a lateral or liquid consonant
- (Voice Quality Symbols) position of the larynx (modified for raised, lowered)
- (usually clothing) large (the manufactured size)
Synonyms
Gallery
- Letter styles
- Uppercase and lowercase versions of L, in normal and italic type
- Uppercase and lowercase L in Fraktur
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Other representations of L:
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Etymology 1
Pronunciation
Letter
L (upper case, lower case l, plural Ls or L's)
- The twelfth letter of the English alphabet, called el and written in the Latin script.
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Number
L (upper case, lower case l)
Etymology 2
Abbreviation.
Noun
L (countable and uncountable, plural Ls)
- (sports) Abbreviation of losses (statistic).
- (countable, slang) Abbreviation of loss.
- Coordinate term: W (“win”)
- to take the L
- Alternative form of el (“elevated train”).
- 1925 February 21, “Co-operation”, in The New Yorker (cartoon), page 2:
- PLEASE! HELP US KEEP THE "L" AND SUBWAY CLEAN
- (US, politics) Abbreviation of Libertarian.
- Initialism of left.
- Initialism of Latin.
- (usually clothing) Initialism of large (the manufactured size or an item of that size).
- Initialism of lira.
- Initialism of lobby.
- Abbreviation of low pressure front.
- (Can we add an example for this sense?)
- (textiles) Initialism of ligne.
- Initialism of lesbian.
- 1983 April 23, “Classified advertisement”, in Gay Community News, page 14:
- L wntd to share spacious JP apt w/veget non-smkng indep quiet L, dog, cat.
- (slang) Two cigarette papers laid perpendicularly on each other when making a joint.
Derived terms
- (sports): OTL
- (loss): take the L
- (other): L-complex, L-xylulokinase, L-antithrombin, L-basing, L-pop
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Adjective
L (not comparable)
- (usually clothing) Initialism of large (of the manufactured size).
- Initialism of left.
- (linguistics) Initialism of low (variety of a language with limited prestige and official acceptance).
- an L variety
- (slang) Bad, subpar, of inferior quality (abbreviation of loser). (Compare noun sense 1 and sense 2.)
- Antonym: W (“excellent, top-notch”)
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Letter
L
- The sixteenth letter in the Afar alphabet.
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Pronunciation
Letter
L (upper case, lower case l)
- The twelfth letter of the Afrikaans alphabet, written in the Latin script.
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Noun
Letter
L upper case (lower case l)
- The eighteenth letter of the Azerbaijani alphabet, written in the Latin script.
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Pronunciation
Letter
L (upper case, lower case l)
- The twelfth letter of the Basque alphabet, called ele and written in the Latin script.
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Pronunciation
Letter
L (upper case, lower case l)
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Etymology
- /l/ is from West Germanic *l.
Pronunciation
Letter
L
- A letter in the German-based alphabet of Central Franconian.
- A letter in the Dutch-based alphabet of Central Franconian.
Usage notes
Doubling of L
- In the German-based spelling, l is doubled after short vowels except in certain function words and when the letter is followed by another consonant within the word stem.
- In the Dutch-based spelling, l is doubled after short vowels if the syllable were otherwise open.
Etymology 1
Initialism of 撚.
Pronunciation
Noun
L
- (Hong Kong Cantonese, euphemistic) Alternative form of 撚 (lan2)
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: lit1
- Yale: līt
- Cantonese Pinyin: lit7
- Guangdong Romanization: lid1
- Sinological IPA (key): /liːt̚⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Classifier
L
Alternative forms
Etymology 3
Pronunciation 1
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): eu1 / e1 lou4
- Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): ê5 le7
- Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): 1er
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄞˊ ˙ㄌㄡ
- Tongyong Pinyin: áilo̊u
- Wade–Giles: ai2-lou5
- Yale: ái-lou
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: air.lou
- Palladius: айлоу (ajlou)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ˀaɪ̯³⁵ loʊ̯³/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄝˊ ˙ㄌㄜ
- Tongyong Pinyin: ếle̊
- Wade–Giles: eh2-lê5
- Yale: é-le
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: èr.le
- Palladius: эйлэ (ejlɛ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ˀɛ³⁵ lə³/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: eu1 / e1 lou4
- Cantonese Pinyin: eu1 / e1 lou4
- Sinological IPA (key): /ɛːu̯⁵⁵/, /ɛː⁵⁵ lou̯²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Southern Min
- (Teochew)
- Peng'im: ê5 le7
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ê lṳ̄
- Sinological IPA (key): /e⁵⁵⁻¹¹ lɯ¹¹/
- (Teochew)
- Wu
Letter
L
- The twelfth letter of the Latin alphabet.
Pronunciation 2
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, common)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄌㄜ
- Tongyong Pinyin: le
- Wade–Giles: lê1
- Yale: lē
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lhe
- Palladius: лэ (lɛ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /lɤ⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, common)+
Letter
L
- The twelfth letter used in Pinyin.
Usage notes
- 《汉语拼音方案》 defines a standard pronunciation for each letter. However, these pronunciations are rarely used in education; another pronunciation is commonly used instead.
- The pronunciation above are only used while referring to letters in Pinyin. They are not used in other context (such as English).
- The official pronunciation defined in 《汉语拼音方案》, ㄝㄌ (ê̄l), is not a valid syllable in Pinyin.
Pronunciation
Letter
L (lower case l)
- A letter of the Chipewyan alphabet, written in the Latin script.
Pronunciation
Letter
L (capital, lowercase l)
- the twelfth letter of the Dutch alphabet
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Alternative forms
Letter
L (upper case L, lower case l)
- The fifteenth letter of the Elfdalian alphabet, written in the Latin script.
Pronunciation
Letter
L (upper case, lower case l)
- The fifteenth letter of the Esperanto alphabet, called lo and written in the Latin script.
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Letter
L (upper case, lower case l)
- The twelfth letter of the Estonian alphabet, called ell and written in the Latin script.
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Etymology
The Finnish orthography using the Latin script was based on those of Swedish, German and Latin, and was first used in the mid-16th century. No earlier script is known. See the Wikipedia article on Finnish for more information, and L for information on the development of the glyph itself.
Letter
L (upper case, lower case l)
- The twelfth letter of the Finnish alphabet, called äl or el and written in the Latin script.
Derived terms
compounds
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Noun
L
- Abbreviation of laudatur.
Adjective
L
- Abbreviation of laktoositon (“lactose-free”) (e.g. in restaurant menus).
Usage notes
The abbreviations G, L, VL and M are the most common of their kind seen in restaurant menus. Other abbreviations are also seen, but not as standardized. Most menus contain a list of the abbreviations they use, including the four common ones.
Letter
L (upper case, lower case l)
- The twelfth letter of the French alphabet, written in the Latin script.
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Noun
L m
- Abbreviation of leste (“east”).
- Synonym: E
Etymology 1
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
Letter
L (upper case, lower case l)
- The twelfth letter of the German alphabet.
Etymology 2
Abbreviation.
Noun
L m
- Abbreviation of Liter.
Pronunciation
Letter
L (upper case, lower case l)
- The nineteenth letter of the Hungarian alphabet, called ell and written in the Latin script.
Declension
| Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | L | L-ek |
| accusative | L-et | L-eket |
| dative | L-nek | L-eknek |
| instrumental | L-lel | L-ekkel |
| causal-final | L-ért | L-ekért |
| translative | L-lé | L-ekké |
| terminative | L-ig | L-ekig |
| essive-formal | L-ként | L-ekként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | L-ben | L-ekben |
| superessive | L-en | L-eken |
| adessive | L-nél | L-eknél |
| illative | L-be | L-ekbe |
| sublative | L-re | L-ekre |
| allative | L-hez | L-ekhez |
| elative | L-ből | L-ekből |
| delative | L-ről | L-ekről |
| ablative | L-től | L-ektől |
| non-attributive possessive - singular |
L-é | L-eké |
| non-attributive possessive - plural |
L-éi | L-ekéi |
| Possessive forms of L | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
| 1st person sing. | L-em | L-jeim |
| 2nd person sing. | L-ed | L-jeid |
| 3rd person sing. | L-je | L-jei |
| 1st person plural | L-ünk | L-jeink |
| 2nd person plural | L-etek | L-jeitek |
| 3rd person plural | L-jük | L-jeik |
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- (Latin-script letters) betű; A a, Á á, B b, C c, Cs cs, D d, Dz dz, Dzs dzs, E e, É é, F f, G g, Gy gy, H h, I i, Í í, J j, K k, L l, Ly ly, M m, N n, Ny ny, O o, Ó ó, Ö ö, Ő ő, P p, R r, S s, Sz sz, T t, Ty ty, U u, Ú ú, Ü ü, Ű ű, V v, Z z, Zs zs. Only in the extended alphabet: Q q W w X x Y y. Commonly used: ch. Also defined: à ë. In surnames (selection): ä aa cz ds eé eö ew oe oó th ts ÿ.
Letter
L (lower case l)
- The fifteenth letter of the Icelandic alphabet, written in the Latin script.
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Letter
L (lower case l)
- The twelfth letter of the Ido alphabet, written in the Latin script.
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Letter
L (upper case, lower case l)
- The twelfth letter of the Indonesian alphabet, written in the Latin script.
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Letter
L (upper case, lower case l)
- The tenth letter of the Irish alphabet, written in the Latin script.
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- (Latin-script letters) litir; A a (Á á), B b (Bh bh, bhF bhf, bP bp), C c (Ch ch), D d (Dh dh, dT dt), E e (É é), F f (Fh fh), G g (gC gc, Gh gh), H h, I i (Í í), L l, M m (mB mb, Mh mh), N n (nD nd, nG ng), O o (Ó ó), P p (Ph ph), R r, S s (Sh sh), T t (Th th, tS ts), U u (Ú ú), V v
- (diacritics) ◌́ ◌̇
- (dotted letters used chiefly in Gaelic type) Ḃ ḃ, Ċ ċ, Ḋ ḋ, Ḟ ḟ, Ġ ġ, Ṁ ṁ, Ṗ ṗ, Ṡ ẛ ṡ, Ṫ ṫ
Pronunciation
Letter
L f or m (invariable, upper case, lower case l)
- The tenth letter of the Italian alphabet, called elle and written in the Latin script.
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Etymology
The Kashubian orthography is based on the Latin alphabet. No earlier script is known. See the Kashubian alphabet article on Wikipedia for more, and L for development of the glyph itself.
Letter
L (upper case, lower case l)
- The sixteenth letter of the Kashubian alphabet, written in the Latin script.
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Letter
L (upper case, lower case l)
- A letter in the Latin alphabet, representing the sound /l/
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- (Latin-script letters) A a, B b, C c, D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, L l, M m, N n, O o, P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, V v, X x, Y y, Z z
Etymology
Proposed in 1908 as part of the new Latvian spelling by the scientific commission headed by K. Mīlenbahs, which was accepted and began to be taught in schools in 1909. Prior to that, Latvian had been written in German Fraktur, and sporadically in Cyrillic.
Pronunciation
Letter
L (upper case, lower case l)
- The eighteenth letter of the Latvian alphabet, called el and written in the Latin script.
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Pronunciation
Letter
L
- The twelfth letter of the Malay alphabet, written in the Latin script.
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Letter
L (lower case l)
- A letter of the Navajo alphabet, written in the Latin script.
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- (Latin-script letters) A a (Á á, Ą ą, Ą́ ą́), B b, Ch ch, Chʼ chʼ, D d, Dl dl, Dz dz, E e (É é, Ę ę, Ę́ ę́), G g, Gh gh, H h, Hw hw, X x, I i (Í í, Į į, Į́ į́), J j, K k, Kʼ kʼ, Kw kw, ʼ, L l, Ł ł, M m, N n (Ń ń), O o (Ó ó, Ǫ ǫ, Ǫ́ ǫ́), S s, Sh sh, T t, Tʼ tʼ, Tł tł, Tłʼ tłʼ, Ts ts, Tsʼ tsʼ, W w, Y y, Z z, Zh zh
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Letter
L (upper case, lower case l)
- The fifteenth letter of the Nupe alphabet, written in the Latin script.
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Etymology
The Polish orthography is based on the Latin alphabet. No earlier script is known. See the history of Polish orthography article on Wikipedia for more, and L for development of the glyph itself.
Pronunciation
Letter
L (upper case, lower case l)
- The fifteenth letter of the Polish alphabet, called el and written in the Latin script.
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Letter
L (upper case, lower case l)
- The twelfth letter of the Portuguese alphabet, written in the Latin script.
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Pronunciation
Letter
L (upper case, lower case l)
- (International Standard) The sixteenth letter of the Romani alphabet, written in the Latin script.
- (Pan-Vlax) The seventeenth letter of the Romani alphabet, written in the Latin script.
See also
- (Latin-script letters) A a, B b, C c, D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, X x, I i, J j, K k, Kh kh, L l, M m, N n, O o, P p, Ph ph, R r, S s, T t, Th th, U u, V v, Z z International Standard: (À à, Ä ä, Ǎ ǎ), Ć ć, Ćh ćh, (È è, Ë ë, Ě ě), (Ì ì, Ï ï, Ǐ ǐ), (Ò ò, Ö ö, Ǒ ǒ), Rr rr, Ś ś, (Ù ù, Ü ü, Ǔ ǔ), Ź ź, Ʒ ʒ, Q q, Ç ç, ϴ θ. Pan-Vlax: Č č, Čh čh, Dž dž, (Dź dź), Ř ř, Š š, (Ś ś), Ž ž, (Ź ź).
Pronunciation
Letter
L (upper case, lower case l)
- The fifteenth letter of the Romanian alphabet, called el, le, or lî and written in the Latin script.
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Pronunciation
Letter
L
- The eighteenth letter of the Saanich alphabet, written in the Latin script.
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Letter
L (upper case, lower case l)
- The tenth letter of the Scottish Gaelic alphabet, written in the Latin script. It is preceded by i and followed by m. Its traditional name is luis (“rowan”).
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Etymology
The Silesian orthography is based on the Latin alphabet. No earlier script is known. See the Silesian language article on Wikipedia for more, and L for development of the glyph itself.
Letter
L (upper case, lower case l)
- The fourteenth letter of the Silesian alphabet, written in the Latin script.
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Pronunciation
Letter
L (lower case l)
- The twentieth letter of the Skolt Sami alphabet, written in the Latin script.
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Letter
L (capital, lowercase l)
- The thirteenth letter of the Slovene alphabet, written in the Latin script.
- The nineteenth letter of the Slovene alphabet (Resian), written in the Latin script.
- The fourteenth letter of the Slovene alphabet (Natisone Valley dialect), written in the Latin script.
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Letter
L upper case (lower case l)
- The seventeenth letter of the Somali alphabet, called laan and written in the Latin script.
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Letter
L (upper case, lower case l)
- the 12th letter of the Spanish alphabet
Letter
L (upper case, lower case l)
- The twelfth letter of the Swedish alphabet, written in the Latin script.
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Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish L. Each pronunciation has a different source:
Pronunciation
Letter
L (upper case, lower case l, Baybayin spelling ᜁᜎ᜔)
- The twelfth letter of the Tagalog alphabet (the Filipino alphabet), called el and written in the Latin script.
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Letter
L (upper case, lower case l, Baybayin spelling ᜎ)
- The ninth letter of the Tagalog alphabet (the Abakada alphabet), called la and written in the Latin script.
Letter
L (upper case, lower case l, Baybayin spelling ᜁᜎᜒ)
- (historical) The thirteenth letter of the Tagalog alphabet (the Abecedario), called ele and written in the Latin script.
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Further reading
- “L”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
Letter
L (upper case, lower case l)
- The fifteenth letter of the Turkish alphabet, called le and written in the Latin script.
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- (Latin-script letters) harf; A a (Â â), B b, C c, Ç ç, D d, E e, F f, G g, Ğ ğ, H h, I ı, İ i (Î î), J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, Ö ö, P p, R r, S s, Ş ş, T t, U u (Û û), Ü ü, V v, Y y, Z z
Pronunciation
Letter
L (upper case, lower case l)
- The fourteenth letter of the Vietnamese alphabet, called e-lờ, lờ cao, or lờ and written in the Latin script.
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- (Quốc ngữ letters) chữ cái; A a (À à, Ả ả, Ã ã, Á á, Ạ ạ), Ă ă (Ằ ằ, Ẳ ẳ, Ẵ ẵ, Ắ ắ, Ặ ặ), Â â (Ầ ầ, Ẩ ẩ, Ẫ ẫ, Ấ ấ, Ậ ậ), B b, C c (Ch ch), D d, Đ đ, E e (È è, Ẻ ẻ, Ẽ ẽ, É é, Ẹ ẹ), Ê ê (Ề ề, Ể ể, Ễ ễ, Ế ế, Ệ ệ), G g (Gh gh, Gi gi), H h, I i (Ì ì, Ỉ ỉ, Ĩ ĩ, Í í, Ị ị), K k (Kh kh), L l, M m, N n (Ng ng, Ngh ngh, Nh nh), O o (Ò ò, Ỏ ỏ, Õ õ, Ó ó, Ọ ọ), Ô ô (Ồ ồ, Ổ ổ, Ỗ ỗ, Ố ố, Ộ ộ), Ơ ơ (Ờ ờ, Ở ở, Ỡ ỡ, Ớ ớ, Ợ ợ), P p (Ph ph), Q q (Qu qu), R r, S s, T t (Th th, Tr tr), U u (Ù ù, Ủ ủ, Ũ ũ, Ú ú, Ụ ụ), Ư ư (Ừ ừ, Ử ử, Ữ ữ, Ứ ứ, Ự ự), V v, X x, Y y (Ỳ ỳ, Ỷ ỷ, Ỹ ỹ, Ý ý, Ỵ ỵ)
Pronunciation
Letter
L (upper case, lower case l)
Mutation
- L cannot be mutated in Welsh.
See also
- (Latin-script letters) llythyren; A a (Á á, À à, Â â, Ä ä), B b, C c, Ch ch, D d, Dd dd, E e (É é, È è, Ê ê, Ë ë), F f, Ff ff, G g, Ng ng, H h, I i (Í í, Ì ì, Î î, Ï ï), J j, L l, Ll ll, M m, N n, O o (Ó ó, Ò ò, Ô ô, Ö ö), P p, Ph ph, R r, Rh rh, S s, T t, Th th, U u (Ú ú, Ù ù, Û û, Ü ü), W w (Ẃ ẃ, Ẁ ẁ, Ŵ ŵ, Ẅ ẅ), Y y (Ý ý, Ỳ ỳ, Ŷ ŷ, Ÿ ÿ)
Further reading
- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “L”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
Pronunciation
Letter
L (upper case, lower case l)
- The thirteenth letter of the Yoruba alphabet, called lí and written in the Latin script.
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- (Latin-script letters) lẹ́tà; A a (Á á, À à, Ā ā), B b, D d, E e (É é, È è, Ē ē), Ẹ ẹ (Ẹ́ ẹ́, Ẹ̀ ẹ̀, Ẹ̄ ẹ̄), F f, G g, Gb gb, H h, I i (Í í, Ì ì, Ī ī), J j, K k, L l, M m (Ḿ ḿ, M̀ m̀, M̄ m̄), N n (Ń ń, Ǹ ǹ, N̄ n̄), O o (Ó ó, Ò ò, Ō ō), Ọ ọ (Ọ́ ọ́, Ọ̀ ọ̀, Ọ̄ ọ̄), P p, R r, S s, Ṣ ṣ, T t, U u (Ú ú, Ù ù, Ū ū), W w, Y y
- (Benin) (Latin-script letters) lɛ́tà; A a, B b, D d, E e, Ɛ ɛ, F f, G g, Gb gb, H h, I i, J j, K k, Kp kp, L l, M m, N n, O o, Ɔ ɔ, P p, R r, S s, Sh sh, T t, U u, W w, Y y
Letter
L (upper case, lower case l)
- The twelfth letter of the Zulu alphabet, written in the Latin script.
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