Ḷ
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 language two letters (Ḷḷ, minuscule: ḷḷ) are used to represent some western dialectal sounds related with standard ll (representing a palatal lateral approximant [ʎ]).[1][2] Among this group of dialectal pronunciations, usually called che vaqueira could appears 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 as lh (Fernan Coronas proposed writing system), ts or ŝ. However, this grapheme is used only in dialectal texts and in western Asturias toponymy.[4] Because of the difficulties of writing it in digital texts, non-diacritical l.l (majuscule: L.l) is also often used.[5]
Asturian is a Romance language, spoken in the Spanish province of Asturias.
In the International Alphabet of Sanskrit Transliteration, ḷ is used to represent vocalic /l/.
Computer use
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
Notes
- ↑ Normes Ortográfiques, Academia de la Llingua Asturiana, Oviedo/Uviéu (Spain), 2005.
- ↑ 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).