Lj (digraph)
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Lj (titlecase; LJ in upper case; lj in lower case) is a letter present in some Slavic languages, such as the Latin version of Serbo-Croatian and in romanised Macedonian, where it represents a palatal lateral approximant Script error: No such module "IPA".. For example, the word Template:Wikt-lang is pronounced Script error: No such module "IPA".. Most languages containing the letter Template:Angbr in the alphabet are phonemic, which means that every symbol represents one sound, and is always pronounced the same way. In this case, joining the letters L and J creates a new letter or a sound. The digraph is treated as a single letter, and therefore it has its own place in the alphabet, takes up only one space in crossword puzzles and is written in line in vertical text. However, it is not found on standard computer keyboards. Like its Latin counterpart, the Cyrillic alphabet has a specific symbol for the same sound: Љ.
In sentence case, only L is capitalized.[1]
The same sound appears in Italian spelled with Template:Angbr, in some variants of Spanish and Catalan as Template:Angbr, in Portuguese as Template:Angbr, in Breton Template:Angbr, in some Hungarian dialects as Template:Angbr and in Latvian as Template:Angbr. In Czech and Slovak, it is often transcribed as Template:Angbr (it is used more frequently on the latter language).
Ljudevit Gaj first proposed this digraph in 1835.[2]
Lj is a precomposed character with 3 variants:
See also
- Љ, the Cyrillic version of Lj
- Gaj's Latin alphabet
References
External links
- Audio samples of the letter LJ