ľ

See also: , ĺ, , 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]).
  2. (NAPA) a lateral flap (IPA [ɺ]).

Usage notes

The alphabetic letter varies between (l with an apostrophe) and 'global style' l‌̌ (l with a caron), depending on local language conventions. In UPA and NAPA 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

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