Ll

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ll"

Albanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɫ/

Letter

Ll (lower case ll)

1. The seventeenth letter of the Albanian alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See also

• (Latin-script letters) shkronjë; A a, B b, C c, Ç ç, D d, Dh dh, E e, Ë ë, F f, G g, Gj gj, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, Ll ll, M m, N n, Nj nj, O o, P p, Q q, R r, Rr rr, S s, Sh sh, T t, Th th, U u, V v, X x, Xh xh, Y y, Z z, Zh zh

Irish

Pronunciation

1. IPA^(key): /l̪ˠ/, /l̠ʲ/

Letter

Ll (lower case ll)

1. A digraph in Irish orthography

Quechua

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʎ/

Letter

Ll (lower case ll)

1. A letter of the Quechua alphabet, written in the Latin script.

Spanish

Alternative forms

• Ꝇ (ligature)

Letter

Ll (lower case, upper case LL, lower case ll)

1. the 14th letter of the Spanish alphabet

Usage notes

• Since 1994, this letter is treated as if it were two separate l letters for collation purposes only. In 2010, this letter was officially dropped by the RAE from the Spanish alphabet.

Welsh

Alternative forms

• Ỻ (archaic, usually Middle Welsh)

Pronunciation

• (standard) IPA^(key): /ɛɬ/
  • (informal) IPA^(key): /ɬ/

Letter

Ll (upper case, lower case ll)

1. The sixteenth letter of the Welsh alphabet, called èll and written in the Latin script. It is preceded by L and followed by M.

Mutation

• Ll at the beginning of words mutates to L in a soft mutation, but is unchanged by nasal mutation and aspirate mutation, for example with the word llawen (“merry”):

Mutated forms of llawen

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
llawen	lawen	unchanged	unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

See also

• (Latin-script letters) llythyren; A a (Á á, À à,  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, Πî, 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), “Ll”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies