El with hook
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El with hook (Ԓ ԓ; italics: Ԓ ԓ) is a letter of the Cyrillic script. Its form is derived from the Cyrillic letter El (Л л) by adding a hook to the bottom of the right leg.
It is used in Chukchi and, in some publications, in Itelmen and Khanty. In all three of these languages, it represents the voiceless alveolar lateral fricative Script error: No such module "IPA"., like the pronunciation of Template:Angbr in the Welsh language.
El with hook was officially added to the Chukchi alphabet in the late 1980s.[1] The letter was first used in a Chukchi language primer that was published in 1996 (Script error: No such module "Lang".), replacing the Cyrillic letter El Template:Angbr to reduce confusion with the different pronunciation of the Russian letter of the same form.
El with hook is the nineteenth letter of Itelmen, introduced with the new Cyrillic alphabet during 1984–1988. In some publications, it is substituted by El with descender (Ԯ ԯ).[2]
El with hook has been in use in Khanty since 1990.[3] El with hook and El with descender are considered variants of the same letter in Khanty; their use depends on the particular publisher.
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Variant forms
The letter has two variant forms: the original one where the hook is like a small comma, and the other where the hook is notably protruded below the baseline.
See also
- Ԯ ԯ : Cyrillic letter El with descender
- Ӆ ӆ : Cyrillic letter El with tail
- Ԡ ԡ : Cyrillic letter El with middle hook
- Cyrillic characters in Unicode