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Latin letter L with dot below
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.
In
Asturian , a
digraph (Ḷḷ , lower case: ḷḷ ) is used to represent some western dialectal phonemes corresponding to standard
ll (representing a
palatal lateral approximant [ʎ] ).
[1]
[2] Among this group of dialectal pronunciations, usually called che vaqueira , can manifest as: a
voiced retroflex plosive [ɖ] , a
voiced retroflex affricate [ɖʐ] , a
voiceless retroflex affricate [ʈʂ] or a
voiceless alveolar affricate [t͡s] .
[3] Formerly, this group of sounds were represented as lh (in
Fernán Coronas 's proposed writing system), ts or ŝ . However, this
grapheme is used only in dialectal texts and in
toponyms of western
Asturias .
[4] Because of the difficulties of writing it in digital texts, non-diacritical l.l (
majuscule : L.l) is also often used.
[5]
In the
International Alphabet of Sanskrit Transliteration , ḷ 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
HTML characters and Unicode code point numbers:
Ḷ: Ḷ or Ḷ – U+1E36 Ḷ LATIN CAPITAL LETTER L WITH DOT BELOW
ḷ: ḷ or ḷ – U+1E37 ḷ LATIN SMALL LETTER L WITH DOT BELOW
References
^
Normes Ortográfiques , Academia de la Llingua Asturiana, Oviedo/Uviéu (Spain), 2012.
^
Gramática de la Llingua Asturiana , Academia de la Llingua Asturiana, Oviedo/Uviéu (Spain), 2001.
^ Xosé Lluis García Arias, Gramática Histórica de la Lengua Asturiana , Llibrería Académica, Academia de la Llingua Asturiana, Oviedo/Uviéu (Spain), 2003.
^
Normes Ortográfiques , Apéndiz I (p.125).
^
Normes Ortográfiques , paragraph 1.1.3.1 (p.14).