L/l
12th letter of the basic Latin alphabet
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Summary
L/l ranks in the top 0.36% of latin script letter entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (97,344 views/month, #1 of 275).[1]
Key Facts
- Subclass of: Latin-script letter[2], consonant letter[3]
- Writing system: Latin script[4]
- Part of: Polish alphabet[5], Esperanto alphabet[6], Breton alphabet[7], Slovak alphabet[8], Turkish alphabet[9], Azerbaijani Latin alphabet[10], Italian alphabet[11], French alphabet[12], Finnish alphabet[13], Africa Alphabet[14], African reference alphabet[15], Benin National Alphabet[16], Pan-Nigerian alphabet[17], Czech alphabet[18]
- Commons category: L[19]
- Unicode character: L[20], Ｌ[21], Ⓛ[22], 🄛[23], ⒧[24], 🅛[25], 🅻[26], 🄻[27], ℓ[28], Ⅼ[29]
- Topic's main category: Category:L[30]
- Commons gallery: L[31]
- Depicted by: Braille pattern dots-123[32]
- Described by source: Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[33], Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[34], The New Student's Reference Work[35]
- Different from: I/i[36], Rijksherbarium[37], L[38], vertical bar[39]
- Code: .-..[40], Lima[41], L[42]
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Cultural Significance
Things named for L/l include Shinjuku L Tower[43], a skyscraper[44], in Japan[45], founded in 1989[46].
Why It Matters
L/l has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[47] L/l is known by 21 alternative names across languages and contexts.[48]
Entities named for L/l include Shinjuku L Tower[43], a skyscraper[44], in Japan[45], founded in 1989[46].