Ḷ
Ḷ(minuscule:ḷ) 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.
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In Asturian, a digraph (Ḷḷ, lower case:ḷḷ) is used to represent some western dialectal phonemes corresponding to standardll(representing a palatal lateral approximant [ʎ]).[1][2]Among this group of dialectal pronunciations, usually calledche vaqueira, can appear basically: a voiced retroflex plosive [ɖ], a voiced retroflex affricate [dʐ], a voiceless retroflex affricate [tʂ] and a voiceless alveolar affricate [t͡s].[3]Formerly, this group of sounds were represented aslh(in Fernán Coronas’s proposed writing system),tsorŝ. However, this grapheme is used only in dialectal texts and intoponymsof western Asturias.[4]Because of the difficulties of writing it in digital texts, non-diacriticall.l(majuscule: L.l) is also often used.[5]
In the International Alphabet of Sanskrit Transliteration,ḷis used to represent vocalic /l/.
Computer use
HTML characters and Unicode code point numbers:
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Ḷ: Ḷ or Ḷ – U+1E36 – Latin capital letter L with dot below
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ḷ: ḷ or ḷ – U+1E37 – Latin small letter L with dot below