El with tail

Not to be confused with the letter Ԯ.

El with tail (Ӆ ӆ; italics: Ӆ ӆ) is a letter of the Cyrillic script. Its form is derived from the Cyrillic letter el (Л л) by adding a tail to the right leg.

El with tail
Ӆ ӆ
Usage
Writing system	Cyrillic
Type	Alphabetic
Language of origin	Kildin Sámi
Sound values	/ɬ/
In Unicode	U+04C5

El with tail is used in the alphabet of the Kildin Sami language, where it is located between ⟨Л⟩ and ⟨М⟩. This letter represents the voiceless alveolar lateral fricative /ɬ/, like the pronunciation of ⟨ll⟩ in the Welsh language.

In the Khanty language, it is sometimes used as a substitute for Ԯ, while in the Itelmen language, it is sometimes used as a substitute for Ԓ, in both cases also to represent /ɬ/.

Computing codes

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Character information

Preview	Ӆ		ӆ
Unicode name	CYRILLIC CAPITAL LETTER EL WITH TAIL		CYRILLIC SMALL LETTER EL WITH TAIL
Encodings	decimal	hex	dec	hex
Unicode	1221	U+04C5	1222	U+04C6
UTF-8	211 133	D3 85	211 134	D3 86
Numeric character reference	Ӆ	Ӆ	ӆ	ӆ

See also

• Ԯ ԯ : Cyrillic letter El with descender
• Ԓ ԓ : Cyrillic letter El with hook
• Ԡ ԡ : Cyrillic letter El with middle hook
• Cyrillic characters in Unicode