l

L is a letter in the English alphabet, represented by the character Ⅼ (U+216C) or 𝕷 (U+1D577) in Unicode. It is the twelfth letter and has various representations in different scripts and languages. Its name is derived from the Etruscan, Ancient Greek, and Phoenician alphabets, where it represented the sound [l]. In English, it is pronounced as /ɛl/ or /l/. L is also used as an abbreviation, a number, and a coordinate term. In mathematics, it represents deterministic logarithmic space and the constructible universe. In sports, it represents losses. In sign languages, it is represented by a specific sign. In various scripts, it has different appearances and names, such as "El" in Català, "L" in Deutsch, Español, Suomi, Français, Italiano, Русский, and Polski, and "L" in Afrikaans. In the Afar alphabet, it is the sixteenth letter.