Ll
See also: ll, LL, -ll, ll., 'll, L-L, and Appendix:Variations of "ll"
Spanish
Alternative forms
- Ꝇ (ligature)
Letter
Ll (lower case, upper case LL, lower case ll)
- 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)
- 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”):
| Welsh mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
| llawen | lawen | unchanged | unchanged |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
See also
- (Latin-script letters) llythyren; A a (Á á, À à, Â 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, Î î, 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