| | Upto11.net - Wikipedia Article for L (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03) |
 | | The lateral alveolar approximant (IPA) occurs before a vowel, as in lip or please, while the velarized lateral alveolar approximant (IPA) occurs in bell and milk (See Dark L). |
 | | This velarization does not occur in many European languages that use L, and is also a factor making L difficult to pronounce for users of languages such as Japanese or Chinese that either lack or have different values for L. L can occur before almost any plosive, fricative, or affricate in English. |
 | | Common digraphs include LL, which has a value identical to L in English but has the separate value voiceless alveolar lateral fricative (IPA) in Welsh, where it can appear in an initial position. |
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