L
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.
| L | |||||
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| 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 |
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| 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 | ||||
| ISO basic Latin alphabet |
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| AaBbCcDdEeFfGgHhIiJjKkLlMmNnOoPpQqRrSsTtUuVvWwXxYyZz |
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