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'''L''' is the twelfth letter of the ]. Its name in ] is ''el'' ({{pronEng|ɛl}}).<ref>"L" ''Oxford English Dictionary,'' 2nd edition (1989); ''Merriam-Webster's Third New International Dictionary of the English Language, Unabridged'' (1993); "el," op. cit.</ref>

==History==
The letter '''L''' is derived ultimately from the ] ] or ] which stood for {{IPA|/l/}}. This originally may have been based on an Egyptian ] that was adapted by Semites for alphabetic purposes. The Greek letter ] Λ (upper case) or λ (lower case), as well as the equivalent ] and Latin letters, represent the same sound as the Semitic letter. In reference, it is spelled '''el''' or '''ell'''.
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==Pronunciation==
In ], ''L'' can have several values, depending on whether it occurs before or after a vowel. The ] (the sound which the ] uses the lowercase {{IPA|}} to represent) occurs before a vowel, as in ''lip'' or ''please'', while the ] (IPA {{IPA|}}) occurs in ''bell'' and ''milk'' (see ''']'''). This velarization does not occur in many European languages that use ''L''; it is also a factor making the pronunciation of ''L'' difficult for users of languages that either lack, or have different values, for ''L'', such as ] or some southern dialects of ].

''L'' can occur before almost any ], ], or ] in English. Common digraphs include ''LL'', which has a value identical to ''L'' in English, but has the separate value ] (IPA {{IPA|/ɬ/}}) in ], where it can appear in an initial position.

A palatal ''L'' (IPA {{IPA|/ʎ/}}) occurs in many languages, and is represented by ''GL'' in ], ''LL'' in certain varieties of ], ''LH'' in ], and ''Ļ'' in ].

In English writing, ''L'' is often silent in such words as ''walk'' or ''could'' (its presence modifies other letters' sounds, i.e. 'wak' might be more likely to be pronounced such that it would rhyme with 'back').
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==Codes for computing==
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In ] the ] L is codepoint U+004C and the ] l is U+006C. In some fonts, a lowercase l may be difficult to distinguish from a 1(one) or an uppercase letter I(]). A more stylized version based on the handwritten ℓ is sometimes used - this is often used as a suffix on a number to represent ]. Its codepoint is U+2113 and its numeric character reference is "<tt>&amp;#8467;</tt>". Capital I(i) can also be hard to distinguish from a lowercase l(L), as many fonts use a vertical bar for both of these characters. In recent times, many new fonts have curved the lowercase form to the right and is increasingly common, especially on European road signs and advertisements.

The ] code for capital L is 76 and for lowercase l is 108; or in ] 01001100 and 01101100, correspondingly.

The ] code for capital L is 211 and for lowercase l is 147.

The ]s in ] and ] are "<tt>&amp;#76;</tt>" and "<tt>&amp;#108;</tt>" for upper and lower case respectively.

==Meanings of L==
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==See also==
{{Commons|L}}
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