Lambda (Latin letter)
Additional letter of the Latin alphabet
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Lambda (, ) is an additional letter of the Latin script, based on the lowercase letter lambda from the Greek alphabet (λ). It is used in Heiltsuk, Liqʼwala, Kwakʼwala, and Pilagá. In these languages, Latin lambda represents a variety of lateral phonemes. The lower-case variant is a homoglyph of lower-case lambda. The upper-case is a large variant of the lower case in Pilagá but a turned Y in North America.[1]
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| Writing system | Latin script |
| Type | alphabetic |
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| History | |
| Development | Λ λ
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| Sisters | ƛ |
Usage
The letter appears in the Liqʼwala dialect of Kwakʼwala language, where it represents /tɬ/. In Kwakʼwala, Latin lambda may also be used instead of the digraph ⟨dƚ⟩.[2]
In the Heiltsuk dialect of North Wakashan, Latin lambda represents /tɬ/ and may be alternatively rendered as ⟨dh⟩.[3]
In the Pilagá language, Latin lambda is used to represent /ʎ/.[1]
Unicode support was assigned to U+A7DA and U+A7DB in September 2024.[4][5]
Encodings
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| Unicode name | LATIN CAPITAL LETTER LAMBDA | LATIN SMALL LETTER LAMBDA | ||
| Encodings | decimal | hex | dec | hex |
| Unicode | 42970 | U+A7DA | 42971 | U+A7DB |
| UTF-8 | 234 159 154 | EA 9F 9A | 234 159 155 | EA 9F 9B |
| Numeric character reference | Ꟛ | Ꟛ | ꟛ | ꟛ |
Gallery
An example for the Lambda (latin) letter by the Times New Roman.
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