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(minuscule: ) is a letter of the Latin alphabet, derived from L with a diacritical dot below. It is or was used in some languages to represent various sounds.

In the International Alphabet of Sanskrit Transliteration, is used to represent vocalic /l/.

It is used to represent a retroflex lateral approximant /ɭ/ in several modern language of South Asia when using ISO 15919 or similar transliteration schemes.

It is used to represent a voiced palatal lateral approximant [ʎ] in Iñupiaq.

Computer encoding[edit]

HTML characters and Unicode code point numbers:

  • Ḷ: Ḷ or Ḷ – U+1E36 LATIN CAPITAL LETTER L WITH DOT BELOW
  • ḷ: ḷ or ḷ – U+1E37 LATIN SMALL LETTER L WITH DOT BELOW

References[edit]

  1. ^ Normes Ortográfiques, Academia de la Llingua Asturiana, Oviedo/Uviéu (Spain), 2012.
  2. ^ Gramática de la Llingua Asturiana, Academia de la Llingua Asturiana, Oviedo/Uviéu (Spain), 2001.
  3. ^ Xosé Lluis García Arias, Gramática Histórica de la Lengua Asturiana, Llibrería Académica, Academia de la Llingua Asturiana, Oviedo/Uviéu (Spain), 2003.
  4. ^ Normes Ortográfiques, Apéndiz I (p.125).
  5. ^ Normes Ortográfiques, paragraph 1.1.3.1 (p.14).