Glyph showcase
Primary glyph rendered below. Extend with historical alternates and transliteration metadata.
л
El
Modern (post-1918)
El
Belongs to Modern Russian Alphabet.
Sound correspondences
Derived from the `correspondences` table. Each entry pairs the letter with a phoneme in a specific historical context.
soft
Voiced velarized lateral approximant (Default hard pronunciation)
soft
Before Ь (Soft Sign) - triggers palatalization
L_hard
Voiced velarized lateral approximant (Default hard pronunciation)