Ll
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.
Ll - Welsh
Alternative forms
- Ỻ (archaic, usually Middle Welsh)
Pronunciation
- (standard) IPA: /ɛɬ/
- (informal) IPA: /ɬ/
Letter
Ll (upper case, lower case ll)
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. |