This article is about the letter of the alphabet. For other uses, see L (disambiguation).
Not to be confused with ǀ.
L
L l
Usage
Writing system
Latin script
Type
Alphabetic and logographic
Language of origin
Latin language
Phonetic usage
[l] [ɫ] [ɮ] [ɬ] [ʎ] [ɭ] [w]
[ʟ] /ɛl/
Unicode codepoint
U+004C, U+006C
Alphabetical position
12
History
Development
Λ λ
𐌋
L l
Time period
~−700 to present
Descendants
• ɮ • Ꝇ ꝇ • ℒ ℓ • £ • Ł • ᛚ • ꬸ • L
Sisters
Л Љ Ӆ Ԯ ל ل ܠ ⵍ ࠋ 𐡋 ለ ℓ
Other
Other letters commonly used with
l(x), lj, ll, ly
Writing direction
Left-to-right
This article contains phonetic transcriptions in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA). For an introductory guide on IPA symbols, see Help:IPA. For the distinction between [ ], / / and ⟨⟩, see IPA § Brackets and transcription delimiters.
L, or l, is the twelfth letter of the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and others worldwide. Its name in English is el (pronounced /ˈɛl/EL), plural els.[1]
^"L" Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition (1989) Merriam-Webster's Third New International Dictionary of the English Language, Unabridged. (1993); "el", "ells", op. cit.
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