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{{Short description|12th letter of the Latin alphabet}}
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{{Infobox grapheme
|name = L
|letter = L l
|script=[[Latin script]]
|type=[[Alphabet]]
|typedesc=ic and [[logographic]]
|language=[[Latin language]]
|phonemes={{grid list|[{{IPAlink|l}}]|[{{IPAlink|ɫ}}]|[{{IPAlink|ɮ}}]|[{{IPAlink|ɬ}}]|[{{IPAlink|ʎ}}]|[{{IPAlink|ɭ}}]|[{{IPAlink|w}}]|[{{IPAlink|ʟ}}]|{{IPAc-en|ɛ|l}}}}
|unicode=U+004C, U+006C
|alphanumber=12
|fam1=<hiero>U20</hiero>
|fam2=<hiero>S39</hiero>
|fam3=[[File:Proto-semiticL-01.svg|class=skin-invert-image|20px]]
|fam4=[[File:Protolamed.svg|class=skin-invert-image|20px]]
|fam5=[[File:PhoenicianL-01.svg|class=skin-invert-image|20px]]
|fam6=[[File:Phoenician_lamedh.svg|class=skin-invert-image|20px]]
|fam7=[[Lambda|Λ λ]]
|fam8=[[𐌋]]
|usageperiod={{circa|700 BCE}} to present
|children={{grid list|[[ɮ]]|[[Ꝇ]] [[ꝇ]]|[[ℒ]] [[ℓ]]|[[£]]|[[Ł]]|[[ᛚ]]|[[Teuthonista|ꬸ]]|L}}
|sisters={{grid list|[[Л]]|[[Љ]]|[[Ӆ]]|[[Ԯ]]|[[Lamedh|ל]]|[[Lamedh|ل]]|[[Lamedh|ܠ]]|[[ⵍ]]|[[ࠋ]]|[[𐡋]]|[[ለ]]|[[Azimuthal quantum number|''ℓ'']]}}
|equivalents=
|associates=[[List of Latin-script digraphs#L|l(x)]], [[Lj (digraph)|lj]], [[ll]], [[Hungarian ly|ly]]
|direction=Left-to-right
|image=File:Latin_letter_L.svg
|imageclass=skin-invert-image
}}
{{Latin letter info|l}}
'''L''', or '''l''', is the twelfth [[Letter (alphabet)|letter]] of the [[Latin alphabet]], used in the [[English alphabet|modern English alphabet]], the alphabets of other western European languages and others worldwide. Its name in English is [[English alphabet#Letter names|''el'']] (pronounced {{IPAc-en|'|ɛ|l}} {{respell|EL}}), plural ''els''.<ref>"L" ''Oxford English Dictionary,'' 2nd edition (1989) ''Merriam-Webster's Third New International Dictionary of the English  Language,  Unabridged.'' (1993); "el", "ells", ''op. cit.''</ref>

==History==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Egyptian [[hieroglyph]]
! Phoenician<br/>[[lamedh]]
! Western Greek<br/>[[Lambda]]
! Etruscan<br/>L
! Latin <br/>L
|--- align=center
|<hiero>S39</hiero>
| [[File:PhoenicianL-01.svg|class=skin-invert-image|x25px]]
| [[File:Greek Lambda 09.svg|class=skin-invert-image|x35px]]
| [[File:EtruscanL-01.svg|class=skin-invert-image|x25px]]
| [[File:Capitalis monumentalis L.SVG|class=skin-invert-image|x30px|Latin L]]
|}
Lamedh may have come from a pictogram of an ox [[goad]] or [[cattle prod]]. Some have suggested that it represents a shepherd's staff.<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://www.ancient-hebrew.org/3_lam.html|title = Ancient Hebrew Research Center|access-date = 12 January 2015|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150103100530/http://www.ancient-hebrew.org/3_lam.html|archive-date = 3 January 2015|url-status = dead}}</ref>

===Typographic variants===
{{anchor|ℓ}}
{{redirect|ℓ|the azimuthal quantum number|Azimuthal quantum number}}
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In most [[sans-serif]] typefaces, the lowercase letter ''ell'' {{angbr|l}}, written as the [[glyph]] {{Sans-serif|{{char|l}}}}, may be difficult to distinguish from the uppercase letter "eye" {{angbr|[[I]]}} (written as the glyph {{Sans-serif|{{char|I}}}}); in some [[serif]] typefaces, the glyph {{Serif|{{char|l}}}} may be confused with the glyph {{char|1}}, the digit ''[[1 (number)|one]]''. To avoid such confusion, some newer [[computer font]]s (such as [[Trebuchet MS]]) have a [[finial (typography)|finial]], a curve to the right at the bottom of the lowercase letter ''ell''. Other style variants are provided in [[script typeface]]s and [[display typeface]]s. All these variants of the letter are encoded in Unicode as {{unichar|004C}} or {{unichar|006C}}, allowing presentation to be chosen according to each context. For specialist mathematical and scientific use, there are a number of dedicated [[codepoint]]s in the [[Mathematical Alphanumeric Symbols block]].

In the ''[[Romain du Roi]]'', where the ascenders of lowercase letters have symmetrical serifs at the top, {{char|l}} has an extra serif to the left at the [[mean line]] to distinguish it from capital {{char|I}}.<ref>{{cite web|last=Kleinsorge|first=Moritz|url=https://www.identity-letters.com/blog/le-romain-du-roi|title=Le Romain du Roi|work=Identity Letters|access-date=9 January 2025}}</ref>

Another means of reducing such confusion is to use symbol {{char|ℓ}}, which is a [[cursive]], handwriting-style lowercase form of the letter "ell". In Japan and Korea, for example, this is the symbol for the [[Litre|liter]]. (The [[International Committee for Weights and Measures]] recommends using {{char|{{serif|L}}}} or {{char|{{serif|l}}}} for the liter,<ref name="BIPM2006-brochure" /> without specifying a typeface.) In [[Unicode]], the cursive form is encoded as {{Unichar|2113|SCRIPT SMALL L}} from the "[[Letterlike Symbols (Unicode block)|letter-like symbols]]" block. Unicode encodes an explicit symbol as {{Unichar|1D4C1|MATHEMATICAL SCRIPT SMALL L}}.<ref>[https://www.unicode.org/versions/Unicode15.1.0/ch22.pdf The Unicode Standard, Version 15.0, Chapter 22]</ref> The [[TeX]] syntax <span style="font-family:monospace"><nowiki><math>\ell</math></nowiki></span> renders it as <math>\ell</math>. In mathematical formulas, an italic form (''{{char|ℓ}}'') of the script ℓ is the norm.

==Use in writing systems==
{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible"
|+ Pronunciation of {{angbr|l}} by language
! Orthography
! Phonemes
|-
! {{nwr|[[Standard Chinese]]}} ([[Pinyin]])
| {{IPAslink|l}}
|-
! [[English orthography|English]]
| {{IPAslink|l}}, ''silent''
|-
! [[French orthography|French]]
| {{IPAslink|l}}, ''silent''
|-
! [[German orthography|German]]
| {{IPAslink|l}}
|-
! [[Portuguese orthography|Portuguese]]
| {{IPAslink|l}}
|-
! [[Spanish orthography|Spanish]]
| {{IPAslink|l}}
|-
! [[Turkish alphabet|Turkish]]
| {{IPAslink|l}}, {{IPAslink|ɫ}}
|}

===English===
In [[English orthography]], {{angbr|l}} usually represents the phoneme {{IPAc-en|l}}, which can have several sound values, depending on the speaker's accent, and whether it occurs before or after a vowel. In [[Received Pronunciation]], the [[alveolar lateral approximant]] (the sound represented in [[International Phonetic Alphabet|IPA]] by lowercase {{IPA|[l]}}) occurs before a vowel, as in ''lip'' or ''blend'', while the [[velarized alveolar lateral approximant]] (IPA {{IPA|[ɫ]}}) occurs in ''bell'' and ''milk''. This velarization does not occur in many European languages that use {{angbr|l}}; it is also a factor making the pronunciation of {{angbr|l}} difficult for users of languages that lack {{angbr|l}} or have different values for it, such as [[Japanese language|Japanese]] or some southern dialects of [[Chinese language|Chinese]]. A medical condition or speech impediment restricting the pronunciation of {{angbr|l}} is known as [[lambdacism]].

In English orthography, {{angbr|l}} is often silent in such words as ''walk'' or ''could'' (though its presence can modify the preceding vowel letter's value), and it is usually silent in such words as ''palm'' and ''psalm''; however, there is some regional variation. L is the [[Letter frequency|eleventh most frequently used letter]] in the English language.

===Other languages===
{{angbr|l}} usually represents the sound {{IPA|[l]}} or some other [[lateral consonant]]. Common digraphs include {{angbr|ll}}, which has a value identical to {{angbr|l}} in English, but has the separate value [[voiceless alveolar lateral fricative]] (IPA {{IPA|[ɬ]}}) in [[Welsh language|Welsh]], where it can appear in an initial position. In Spanish, {{angbr|ll}} represents {{IPA|/ʎ/}} ({{IPA|[ʎ]}}, {{IPA|[j]}}, {{IPA|[ʝ]}}, {{IPA|[ɟʝ]}}, or {{IPA|[ʃ]}}, depending on dialect).

A [[palatal lateral approximant]] or palatal {{angbr|l}} (IPA {{IPA|[ʎ]}}) occurs in many languages, and is represented by {{angbr|gli}} in [[Italian language|Italian]], {{angbr|ll}} in [[Spanish language|Spanish]] and [[Catalan language|Catalan]], {{angbr|lh}} in [[Portuguese language|Portuguese]], and {{angbr|ļ}} in [[Latvian language|Latvian]].

In [[Turkish language|Turkish]], {{angbr|l}} generally represents {{IPAslink|l}}, but represents {{IPAslink|ɫ}} before {{angbr|a}}, {{angbr|ı}}, {{angbr|o}}, or {{angbr|u}}.

In [[Washo language|Washo]], lower-case {{angbr|l}} represents a typical [l] sound, while upper-case {{angbr|L}} represents a [[Voicelessness|voiceless]] [l̥] sound, a bit like double {{angbr|ll}} in [[Welsh language|Welsh]].

===Other systems===
The [[International Phonetic Alphabet]] uses {{angbr IPA|l}} to represent the [[voiced alveolar lateral approximant]] and a [[small caps|small cap]] {{angbr IPA|ʟ}} to represent the [[voiced velar lateral approximant]].

==Other uses==
{{main article|L (disambiguation)}}
* The capital letter L is used as the [[currency sign]] for the [[Albanian lek]] and the [[Honduran lempira]]. It was often used, especially in handwriting, as the currency sign for the [[Italian lira]]. Historically, it was commonly used as a currency sign for the British [[pound sterling]] (to abbreviate the Latin {{lang|la|[[Carolingian pound|libra]]}}, a pound, see [[£sd]]); in modern usage, it has been overtaken by the [[pound sign]] (£), which is based on the blackletter form of the letter. In running text, its lower-case form (usually [[italics|italicised]]), ''<span style="font-family:serif">l</span>'', was more often seen.{{efn|For example, see the [[Diary of Samuel Pepys]] for 31{{nbsp}}December 1661: " I suppose myself to be worth about 500''l.'' clear in the world, ..."<ref>{{Cite book |last=Pepys |first=Samuel |title=The Diary of Samuel Pepys | chapter=Tuesday 31 December 1661 |date=31 December 2004 |chapter-url=https://www.pepysdiary.com/diary/1661/12/31/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211124225143/https://www.pepysdiary.com/diary/1661/12/31/ |archive-date=24 November 2021}}</ref>}}
* The [[Roman numeral]] L represents the number [[50 (number)|50]].<ref name="Gordon">{{cite book | url=https://archive.org/details/illustratedintro0000gord | url-access=registration | quote=roman numerals. | title=Illustrated Introduction to Latin Epigraphy | publisher=University of California Press | date=1983 | access-date=3 October 2015 | author=Gordon, Arthur E. | pages=[https://archive.org/details/illustratedintro0000gord/page/44 44]| isbn=9780520038981 }}</ref>
* In the [[International system of units]], the [[liter]] (or litre) is abbreviated using an upper-case (or a lower-case) L.<ref name="BIPM2006-brochure">{{cite web|url=https://www.bipm.org/documents/20126/41483022/SI-Brochure-9-EN.pdf |title=The International System of Units (SI) {{!}} The SI brochure, 9th edition, 2019 |access-date=23 July 2023 |date=December 2022 |quote= {{serif|The litre, and the symbol lower-case l, were adopted by the CIPM in 1879 (PV, 1879, 41). The alternative symbol, capital L, was adopted by the 16th CGPM (1979, Resolution 6; CR, 101 and Metrologia, 1980, 16, 56-57) in order to avoid the risk of confusion between the letter l (el) and the numeral 1 (one). }}}}</ref> 
* In watchmaking, the [[ligne]] (a traditional French measure of length still used in the industry) is abbreviated using an upper-case L.<ref name=Swiss>{{cite web |title=Foire aux questions sur l'horlogerie et les montres |trans-title=Frequently asked questions about watches and clocks |language=fr |url=http://www.horlogerie-suisse.com/horlomag/articles-horlogers/00199/foire-aux-questions-sur-l-horlogerie-et-les-montres |accessdate=2022-01-18 |website=horlogerie-suisse.com |quote={{lang|fr|Par tradition ancestrale, les horlogers n’utilisent pas le millimètre mais la ligne pour désigner le diamètre d'encageage d'un mouvement.}} |trans-quote=By ancestral tradition, watchmakers do not use the millimeter but the line to designate the casing diameter of a movement |archive-date=2022-01-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220121164847/http://www.horlogerie-suisse.com/horlomag/articles-horlogers/00199/foire-aux-questions-sur-l-horlogerie-et-les-montres |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* In chemistry, L is used as a symbol for the [[Avogadro constant]].<ref name=iupac1996>H. P. Lehmann, X. Fuentes-Arderiu, and L. F. Bertello (1996): "Glossary of terms in quantities and units in Clinical Chemistry (IUPAC-IFCC Recommendations 1996)"; page 963, item "[https://goldbook.iupac.org/terms/view/A00543 Avogadro constant]". ''Pure and Applied Chemistry'', volume 68, issue 4, pages 957–1000. {{doi|10.1351/pac199668040957}}</ref>

==Related characters==
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===Descendants and related characters in the Latin alphabet===
*[[International Phonetic Alphabet|IPA]]-specific symbols related to L: {{IPA link|ʟ}} {{IPA link|ɫ}} {{IPA link|ɬ}} {{IPA link|ɭ}} {{IPA link|ɺ}} {{IPA link|ɮ}} {{IPA link|ꞎ}} {{IPA link|ˡ}}
*[[International Phonetic Alphabet#Superscript IPA|IPA superscript symbols]] related to L:<ref name="L220252">{{Cite web|title=L2/20-252R: Unicode request for IPA modifier-letters (a), pulmonic|url=https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2020/20252r-mod-ipa-a.pdf|date=2020-11-08|first1=Kirk|last1=Miller|first2=Michael|last2=Ashby}}</ref> [[𐞛]] [[𐞜]]
*[[Extensions to the International Phonetic Alphabet|Extensions to IPA]] for disordered speech (extIPA):<ref name="L220116">{{Cite web|title=L2/20-116R: Expansion of the extIPA and VoQS|url=https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2020/20116r-ext-ipa-voqs-expansion.pdf|date=2020-07-11|first1=Kirk|last1=Miller|first2=Martin|last2=Ball}}</ref><ref name="L221021">{{Cite web|title=L2/21-021: Reference doc numbers for L2/20-266R "Consolidated code chart of proposed phonetic characters" and IPA etc. code point and name changes|url=https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2021/21021-consolidated-ipa.pdf|date=2020-12-07|first=Deborah|last=Anderson}}</ref> [[𝼄]] [[𐞝]]
*[[Uralic Phonetic Alphabet]]-specific symbols related to L:<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2002/02141-n2419-uralic-phonetic.pdf|title=L2/02-141: Uralic Phonetic Alphabet characters for the UCS|date=2002-03-20|first1=Michael|last1=Everson|author-link1=Michael Everson|display-authors=etal}}</ref>
**{{Unichar|1D0C|LATIN LETTER SMALL CAPITAL L WITH STROKE}}
**{{Unichar|1D38|MODIFIER LETTER CAPITAL L}}
*{{not a typo|ₗ}} : Subscript small l was used in the Uralic Phonetic Alphabet prior to its formal standardization in 1902<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2009/09028-n3571-upa-additions.pdf|title=L2/09-028: Proposal to encode additional characters for the Uralic Phonetic Alphabet|date=2009-01-27|first1=Klaas|last1=Ruppel|first2=Tero|last2=Aalto|first3=Michael|last3=Everson}}</ref>
*[[ȴ]] : L with curl is used in Sino-Tibetanist linguistics<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2001/01347-n2366r.pdf|title=L2/01-347: Proposal to add six phonetic characters to the UCS|date=2001-09-20|first1=Richard|last1=Cook|first2=Michael|last2=Everson}}</ref>
*Ꞁ ꞁ : Turned L was used by [[William Pryce]] to designate the Welsh voiced lateral spirant [ɬ]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2006/06266-n3122-insular.pdf|title=L2/06-266: Proposal to add Latin letters and a Greek symbol to the UCS|date=2006-08-06|first=Michael|last=Everson}}</ref> The lower case is also used in the [[Romic alphabet]]. In Unicode, these are {{unichar|A780|latin capital letter turned l}} and {{unichar|A781|LATIN SMALL LETTER TURNED L}}.
*𝼦 : Small letter l with mid-height left hook was used by the [[British and Foreign Bible Society]] in the early 20th century for [[romanization]] of the [[Malayalam]] language.<ref name="L221156">{{Cite web|title=L2/21-156: Unicode request for legacy Malayalam|url=https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2021/21156-legacy-malayalam.pdf|date=2021-07-16|first1=Kirk|last1=Miller|first2=Neil|last2=Rees}}</ref>
*Other variations are used for phonetic transcription: [[ᶅ]]<ref name="L204132">{{Cite web|url=https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2004/04132-n2740-phonetic.pdf|title=L2/04-132 Proposal to add additional phonetic characters to the UCS|date=2004-04-19|first=Peter|last=Constable}}</ref> [[ᶩ]]<ref name="L204132" /> [[ᶪ]]<ref name="L204132" /> [[ᶫ]]<ref name="L204132" /> 𝼑<ref name="L220125">{{Cite web|title=L2/20-125R: Unicode request for expected IPA retroflex letters and similar letters with hooks|url=https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2020/20125r-ipa-retroflex.pdf|date=2020-07-11|first=Kirk|last=Miller}}</ref><ref name="L221021" /> 𝼓<ref name="L220125" /><ref name="L221021" />
*Ꝇ ꝇ : Broken L was used in some [[North Germanic languages|medieval Nordic]] manuscripts<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2006/06027-n3027-medieval.pdf|title=L2/06-027: Proposal to add Medievalist characters to the UCS|date=2006-01-30|first1=Michael|last1=Everson|first2=Peter|last2=Baker|first3=António|last3=Emiliano|first4=Florian|last4=Grammel|first5=Odd Einar|last5=Haugen|first6=Diana|last6=Luft|first7=Susana|last7=Pedro|first8=Gerd|last8=Schumacher|first9=Andreas|last9=Stötzner}}</ref>
*[[Teuthonista]] phonetic transcription-specific symbols related to L:<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2011/11202-n4081-teuthonista.pdf|title=L2/11-202: Revised proposal to encode "Teuthonista" phonetic characters in the UCS|date=2011-06-02|first1=Michael|last1=Everson|first2=Alois|last2=Dicklberger|first3=Karl|last3=Pentzlin|first4=Eveline|last4=Wandl-Vogt}}</ref>
**{{Unichar|AB37|LATIN SMALL LETTER L WITH INVERTED LAZY S}}
**{{Unichar|AB38|LATIN SMALL LETTER L WITH DOUBLE MIDDLE TILDE}}
**{{Unichar|AB39|LATIN SMALL LETTER L WITH MIDDLE RING}}
**{{Unichar|AB5D|MODIFIER LETTER SMALL L WITH INVERTED LAZY S}}
**{{Unichar|AB5E|MODIFIER LETTER SMALL L WITH MIDDLE TILDE}}
*L with [[diacritic]]s: [[Ĺ|Ĺ ĺ]] [[Ł|Ł ł]] [[Ľ|Ľ ľ]] [[Ḹ|Ḹ ḹ]] L̃ l̃ [[Cedilla|Ļ ļ]] [[Ŀ|Ŀ ŀ]] [[Dot (diacritic)|Ḷ ḷ]] [[Ḻ|Ḻ ḻ]] [[Ḽ|Ḽ ḽ]] [[Ƚ|Ƚ ƚ]] [[Ⱡ|Ⱡ ⱡ]]

===Derived signs, symbols and abbreviations===
*ℒ 𝓁 : [[Mathematical Alphanumeric Symbols|script letter]] L (uppercase and lowercase, respectively), used in mathematics. (In other contexts, a [[script typeface]] (or [[computer font]]) should be used.)
*ℓ : mathematical symbol 'ell'; liter (traditional symbol)<ref>{{citation |url=https://www.unicode.org/charts/PDF/U2100.pdf#page=3 |location=Letterlike Symbols |title=The Unicode Standard, Version 16.0 |publisher=Unicode, Inc. |page=230}}</ref>
*£ : [[pound sign]]
*Ꝉ ꝉ : Forms of L were used for medieval [[scribal abbreviation]]s<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2006/06027-n3027-medieval.pdf|title=L2/06-027: Proposal to add Medievalist characters to the UCS|date=2006-01-30|first1=Michael|last1=Everson|first2=Peter|last2=Baker|first3=António|last3=Emiliano|first4=Florian|last4=Grammel|first5=Odd Einar|last5=Haugen|first6=Diana|last6=Luft|first7=Susana|last7=Pedro|first8=Gerd|last8=Schumacher|first9=Andreas|last9=Stötzner}}</ref>
* [[Ł]] or ł, "L with stroke" used in Polish and many neighbouring languages

===Ancestors and siblings in other alphabets===
*{{lang|phn|𐤋}} : [[Phoenician alphabet|Semitic]] letter [[Lamedh]], from which the following symbols originally derive
**Λ λ : [[Greek alphabet|Greek]] letter [[Lambda]], from which the following letters derive
***Л л : [[Cyrillic]] letter [[El (Cyrillic)|El]]
***Ⲗⲗ : [[Coptic alphabet|Coptic]] letter Lamda
***𐌋 : [[Old Italic script|Old Italic]] letter L, which is the ancestor of modern Latin L
****ᛚ : [[Runes|Runic]] letter laguz, which might derive from old Italic L
***𐌻 : [[Gothic alphabet|Gothic]] letter laaz

{{anchor|Codes for computing}}

==Other representations==
===Computing <span class="anchor" id="Computing codes"></span>===
The Latin letters {{angbr|L}} and {{angbr|l}} have [[Unicode]] encodings {{unichar|004C}} and {{unichar|006C}}. These are the same [[code point]]s as those used in [[ASCII]] and [[ISO 8859]]. There are also [[precomposed character]] encodings for {{angbr|L}} and {{angbr|l}} with diacritics, for most of those listed [[#Related characters|above]]; the remainder are produced using [[combining diacritic]]s.

Variant forms of the letter have unique code points for specialist use: the [[Mathematical Alphanumeric Symbols|alphanumeric symbols set]] in mathematics and science, and [[halfwidth and fullwidth forms]] for legacy [[CJK characters|CJK]] font compatibility.

===Other===
{{Letter other reps
|NATO=Lima
|Morse=·–··
|Character=L
|Braille=⠇
|fingerspelling=L
}}
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==Notes==
{{Notelist}}

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*{{Commons-inline|L}}
*{{Wiktionary-inline|L}}
*{{Wiktionary-inline|l}}
*{{Wiktionary-inline|ℓ}}

{{Latin script|L|}}

[[Category:ISO basic Latin letters]]