ll

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ll"

English

Etymology

Abbreviation of lines; formed similarly to pp for pages.

Noun

ll pl (plural only)

1. lines

Albanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɫ/

Letter

ll (upper case Ll)

1. The seventeenth letter of the Albanian alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See also

• (Latin-script letters) shkronjë; A a, B b, C c, Ç ç, D d, Dh dh, E e, Ë ë, F f, G g, Gj gj, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, Ll ll, M m, N n, Nj nj, O o, P p, Q q, R r, Rr rr, S s, Sh sh, T t, Th th, U u, V v, X x, Xh xh, Y y, Z z, Zh zh

Catalan

Letter

ll (upper case Ll)

1. (used to represent the sound /ʎ/. See also l·l.)

Quechua

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʎ/

Letter

ll (uppercase Ll)

1. A letter of the Quechua alphabet, written in the Latin script.

Spanish

Alternative forms

• ꝇ (ligature)

Letter

ll (lower case, upper case LL, mixed case Ll)

1. elle, the 14th letter of the Spanish alphabet, after l and before m

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.

Further reading

• “ll”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish ll.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog)
  • IPA^(key): /ˈʔelje/ [ˈʔɛl.jɛ] (letter name)
    • Rhymes: -elje
  • IPA^(key): /lj/ [lj] (phoneme)
  • IPA^(key): /j/ [j] (phoneme, obsolete)

Letter

ll (lower case, upper case LL)

1. (historical) The fourteenth letter of the Tagalog alphabet (the Abecedario), called elle and written in the Latin script.

Usage notes

• Unlike other Spanish dialects, ⟨ll⟩ in Philippine Spanish conforms to lleísmo. However, very early Spanish borrowings (around 16th–17th century) seem to follow yeísmo such as in kabayo (caballo), sibuyas (cebollas), and yawe (llave).

See also

• l

Welsh

Alternative forms

• ỻ (archaic, usually Middle Welsh)

Pronunciation

• (standard) IPA^(key): /ɛɬ/
  • (informal) IPA^(key): /ɬ/

Letter

ll (lower case, upper case Ll)

1. The sixteenth letter of the Welsh alphabet, called èll and written in the Latin script. It is preceded by l and followed by m.

Translations

In Middle and Early Modern English, Welsh ll was adopted as fl. Examples are Floyd, Fluellen and flummery.

See also

• (Latin-script letters) llythyren; A a (Á á, À à,  â, Ä ä), B b, C c, Ch ch, D d, Dd dd, E e (É é, È è, Ê ê, Ë ë), F f, Ff ff, G g, Ng ng, H h, I i (Í í, Ì ì, Πî, Ï ï), J j, L l, Ll ll, M m, N n, O o (Ó ó, Ò ò, Ô ô, Ö ö), P p, Ph ph, R r, Rh rh, S s, T t, Th th, U u (Ú ú, Ù ù, Û û, Ü ü), W w (Ẃ ẃ, Ẁ ẁ, Ŵ ŵ, Ẅ ẅ), Y y (Ý ý, Ỳ ỳ, Ŷ ŷ, Ÿ ÿ)

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”):

Mutated forms of llawen

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
llawen	lawen	unchanged	unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “ll”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies