Л/л
Also known as El, Cyrillic El, Cyrillic L
Cyrillic letter El
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"Л/л" is the twelfth letter of the Cyrillic alphabet, used in Russian and other Slavic languages to represent a sound similar to the English "L." It is essential for writing and reading these languages, as it appears in countless everyday words.
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El, from Alexandre Benois' 1904 alphabet book El (Л л; italics: Л л or Л л; italics: Л л) is a letter of the Cyrillic script.
El commonly represents the alveolar lateral approximant /l/. In Slavic languages it may be either palatalized or slightly velarized; see below.