La
La
Example glyphs
Bengali-AssameseLa
TibetanLa
TamilLa
Thai
Malayalam
Sinhala
Ashoka BrahmiLa
DevanagariLa
Cognates
Hebrewל
GreekΛ
LatinL, Ł, Ɬ
CyrillicЛ, Љ, Ԓ, Ӆ
Properties
Phonemic representation/l/
IAST transliterationl L
ISCII code pointD1 (209)

La is a consonant of Indic abugidas. In modern Indic scripts, La is derived from the early "Ashoka" Brahmi letter ng after having gone through the Gupta letter .

Āryabhaṭa numeration

Aryabhata used Devanagari letters for numbers, very similar to the Greek numerals, even after the invention of Indian numerals. The values of the different forms of ल are:[1]

  • [] = 50 (५०)
  • लि [] = 5,000 (५ ०००)
  • लु [] = 500,000 (५ ०० ०००)
  • लृ [lri] = 50,000,000 (५ ०० ०० ०००)
  • लॢ [llə] = 5×109 (५×१०)
  • ले [le] = 5×1011 (५×१०११)
  • लै [lɛː] = 5×1013 (५×१०१३)
  • लो [loː] = 5×1015 (५×१०१५)
  • लौ [lɔː] = 5×1017 (५×१०१७)

Historic La

There are three different general early historic scripts - Brahmi and its variants, Kharoṣṭhī, and Tocharian, the so-called slanting Brahmi. La as found in standard Brahmi, La was a simple geometric shape, with variations toward more flowing forms by the Gupta La. The Tocharian La La had an alternate Fremdzeichen form, La. The third form of la, in Kharoshthi (La) was probably derived from Aramaic separately from the Brahmi letter.

Brahmi La

The Brahmi letter La, La, is probably derived from the Aramaic Lamed , and is thus related to the modern Latin L and Greek Lambda.[2] Several identifiable styles of writing the Brahmi La can be found, most associated with a specific set of inscriptions from an artifact or diverse records from an historic period.[3] As the earliest and most geometric style of Brahmi, the letters found on the Edicts of Ashoka and other records from around that time are normally the reference form for Brahmi letters, with vowel marks not attested until later forms of Brahmi back-formed to match the geometric writing style.

Brahmi La historic forms
Ashoka
(3rd-1st c. BCE)
Girnar
(~150 BCE)
Kushana
(~150-250 CE)
Gujarat
(~250 CE)
Gupta
(~350 CE)

Tocharian La

The Tocharian letter La is derived from the Brahmi La, and has an alternate Fremdzeichen form Lä used in conjuncts and as an alternate representation of Lä.

Tocharian La with vowel marks
LaLiLuLrLr̄LeLaiLoLauFremdzeichen

Kharoṣṭhī La

The Kharoṣṭhī letter La is generally accepted as being derived from the Aramaic Lamed , and is thus related to L and Lambda, in addition to the Brahmi La.[2]

Devanagari La

La () is a consonant of the Devanagari abugida. It ultimately arose from the Brahmi letter ka, after having gone through the Gupta letter . Letters that derive from it are the Gujarati letter , and the Modi letter 𑘩. The modern letterform for Devanagari La is slightly different than the historic form, with the vertical stem reaching to the lower baseline.

Devanagari Ḷa

Devanagari Ḷa

Ḷa () is an additional Devanagari character originally used for an allophone of the voiced retroflex stop in Vedic Sanskrit, and current represents the lateral flap [ɭ] that occurs in Marathi, Konkani, Garhwali, and Rajasthani.

Devanagari-using Languages

In all languages, ल is pronounced as [] or [l] when appropriate. Like all Indic scripts, Devanagari uses vowel marks attached to the base consonant to override the inherent /ə/ vowel:

Devanagari ल with vowel marks
LaLiLuLrLr̄LlLl̄LeLaiLoLauL
ला लि ली लु लू लृ लॄ लॢ लॣ ले लै लो लौ ल्
Devanagari ळ with vowel marks
ḶaḶāḶiḶīḶuḶūḶrḶr̄ḶlḶl̄ḶeḶaiḶoḶau
ळा ळि ळी ळु ळू ळृ ळॄ ळॢ ळॣ ळे ळै ळो ळौ ळ्

Conjuncts with ल and ळ

Half form of La.
Half form of Ḷa.

Devanagari exhibits conjunct ligatures, as is common in Indic scripts. In modern Devanagari texts, most conjuncts are formed by reducing the letter shape to fit tightly to the following letter, usually by dropping a character's vertical stem, sometimes referred to as a "half form". Some conjunct clusters are always represented by a true ligature, instead of a shape that can be broken into constituent independent letters. Vertically stacked conjuncts are ubiquitous in older texts, while only a few are still used routinely in modern Devanagari texts. The use of ligatures and vertical conjuncts may vary across languages using the Devanagari script, with Marathi in particular preferring the use of half forms where texts in other languages would show ligatures and vertical stacks.[4]

Ligature conjuncts of ल and ळ

True ligatures are quite rare in Indic scripts. The most common ligated conjuncts in Devanagari are in the form of a slight mutation to fit in context or as a consistent variant form appended to the adjacent characters. Those variants include Na and the Repha and Rakar forms of Ra. Nepali and Marathi texts use the "eyelash" Ra half form Ra for an initial "R" instead of repha.

  • Repha र্ (r) + ल (la) gives the ligature rla: note

  • Eyelash र্ (r) + ल (la) gives the ligature rla:

  • ल্ (l) + न (na) gives the ligature lna:

  • ल্ (l) + rakar र (ra) gives the ligature lra:

  • Repha र্ (r) + ळ (ḷa) gives the ligature rḷa:

  • Eyelash र্ (r) + ळ (ḷa) gives the ligature rḷa:

Stacked conjuncts of ल

Vertically stacked ligatures are the most common conjunct forms found in Devanagari text. Although the constituent characters may need to be stretched and moved slightly in order to stack neatly, stacked conjuncts can be broken down into recognizable base letters, or a letter and an otherwise standard ligature.

  • भ্ (bʰ) + ल (la) gives the ligature bʰla:

  • ब্ (b) + ल (la) gives the ligature bla:

  • छ্ (cʰ) + ल (la) gives the ligature cʰla:

  • च্ (c) + ल (la) gives the ligature cla:

  • ढ্ (ḍʱ) + ल (la) gives the ligature ḍʱla:

  • ड্ (ḍ) + ल (la) gives the ligature ḍla:

  • ध্ (dʱ) + ल (la) gives the ligature dʱla:

  • द্ (d) + ल (la) gives the ligature dla:

  • घ্ (ɡʱ) + ल (la) gives the ligature ɡʱla:

  • ग্ (g) + ल (la) gives the ligature gla:

  • ह্ (h) + ल (la) gives the ligature hla:

  • झ্ (jʰ) + ल (la) gives the ligature jʰla:

  • ज্ (j) + ल (la) gives the ligature jla:

  • ख্ (kʰ) + ल (la) gives the ligature kʰla:

  • क্ (k) + ल (la) gives the ligature kla:

  • ल্ (l) + ब (ba) gives the ligature lba:

  • ल্ (l) + च (ca) gives the ligature lca:

  • ल্ (l) + ज (ja) gives the ligature lja:

  • ल্ (l) + ज্ (j) + ञ (ña) gives the ligature ljña:

  • ल্ (l) + ल (la) gives the ligature lla:

  • ल্ (l) + ळ (ḷa) gives the ligature lḷa:

  • ळ্ (ḷ) + ल (la) gives the ligature ḷla:

  • ल্ (l) + ञ (ña) gives the ligature lña:

  • ल্ (l) + व (va) gives the ligature lva:

  • म্ (m) + ल (la) gives the ligature mla:

  • ङ্ (ŋ) + ल (la) gives the ligature ŋla:

  • न্ (n) + ल (la) gives the ligature nla:

  • ण্ (ṇ) + ल (la) gives the ligature ṇla:

  • ञ্ (ñ) + ल (la) gives the ligature ñla:

  • फ্ (pʰ) + ल (la) gives the ligature pʰla:

  • प্ (p) + ल (la) gives the ligature pla:

  • श্ (ʃ) + ल (la) gives the ligature ʃla:

  • स্ (s) + ल (la) gives the ligature sla:

  • ष্ (ṣ) + ल (la) gives the ligature ṣla:

  • थ্ (tʰ) + ल (la) gives the ligature tʰla:

  • त্ (t) + ल (la) gives the ligature tla:

  • ठ্ (ṭʰ) + ल (la) gives the ligature ṭʰla:

  • ट্ (ṭ) + ल (la) gives the ligature ṭla:

  • व্ (v) + ल (la) gives the ligature vla:

  • य্ (y) + ल (la) gives the ligature yla:

  Note that the conjuncts shown here come from a typeface used for representing older Vedic texts, and use the older form of La for many conjuncts.

Bengali La

The Bengali script ল is derived from the Siddhaṃ , and is marked by a similar horizontal head line, but less geometric shape, than its Devanagari counterpart, ल. The inherent vowel of Bengali consonant letters is /ɔ/, so the bare letter ল will sometimes be transliterated as "lo" instead of "la". Adding okar, the "o" vowel mark, gives a reading of /lo/. Like all Indic consonants, ল can be modified by marks to indicate another (or no) vowel than its inherent "a".

Bengali ল with vowel marks
lalilulrlr̄lelailolaul
লা লি লী লু লূ লৃ লৄ লে লৈ লো লৌ ল্

ল in Bengali-using languages

ল is used as a basic consonant character in all of the major Bengali script orthographies, including Bengali and Assamese.

Conjuncts with ল

Bengali ল exhibits conjunct ligatures, as is common in Indic scripts, with a tendency towards stacked ligatures.[5]

  • ব্ (b) + ল (la) gives the ligature bla:

  • গ্ (g) + ল (la) gives the ligature gla:

  • ক্ (k) + ল (la) gives the ligature kla:

  • ল্ (l) + ভ (bʰa) gives the ligature lbʰa:

  • ল্ (l) + ড (ḍa) gives the ligature lḍa:

  • ল্ (l) + গ (ga) gives the ligature lga:

  • ল্ (l) + ক (ka) gives the ligature lka:

  • ল্ (l) + ক্ (k) + য (ya) gives the ligature lkya, with the ya phala suffix:

  • ল্ (l) + ল (la) gives the ligature lla:

  • ল্ (l) + ম (ma) gives the ligature lma:

  • ল্ (l) + প (pa) gives the ligature lpa:

  • ল্ (l) + ফ (pʰa) gives the ligature lpʰa:

  • ল্ (l) + ট (ṭa) gives the ligature lṭa:

  • ল্ (l) + ব (va) gives the ligature lva, with the va phala suffix:

  • ল্ (l) + য (ya) gives the ligature lya, with the ya phala suffix:

  • ম্ (m) + ল (la) gives the ligature mla:

  • ফ্ (pʰ) + ল (la) gives the ligature pʰla:

  • প্ (p) + ল (la) gives the ligature pla:

  • র্ (r) + ল (la) gives the ligature rla, with the repha prefix:

  • শ্ (ʃ) + ল (la) gives the ligature ʃla:

  • স্ (s) + ল (la) gives the ligature sla:

  • স্ (s) + প্ (p) + ল (la) gives the ligature spla:

Gujarati La

Gujarati La.

La () is the twenty-eighth consonant of the Gujarati abugida. It is derived from the Devanagari La La with the top bar (shiro rekha) removed, and ultimately the Brahmi letter La.

Gujarati-using Languages

The Gujarati script is used to write the Gujarati and Kutchi languages. In both languages, લ is pronounced as [] or [l] when appropriate. Like all Indic scripts, Gujarati uses vowel marks attached to the base consonant to override the inherent /ə/ vowel:

LaLiLuLrLlLr̄Ll̄LeLaiLoLauL
Gujarati La syllables, with vowel marks in red.

Conjuncts with લ

Half form of La.

Gujarati લ exhibits conjunct ligatures, much like its parent Devanagari Script. Most Gujarati conjuncts can only be formed by reducing the letter shape to fit tightly to the following letter, usually by dropping a character's vertical stem, sometimes referred to as a "half form". A few conjunct clusters can be represented by a true ligature, instead of a shape that can be broken into constituent independent letters, and vertically stacked conjuncts can also be found in Gujarati, although much less commonly than in Devanagari. True ligatures are quite rare in Indic scripts. The most common ligated conjuncts in Gujarati are in the form of a slight mutation to fit in context or as a consistent variant form appended to the adjacent characters. Those variants include Na and the Repha and Rakar forms of Ra.

  • ર્ (r) + લ (la) gives the ligature RLa:

  • લ્ (l) + ર (ra) gives the ligature LRa:

  • લ્ (l) + ન (na) gives the ligature LNa:

  • શ્ (ʃ) + લ (la) gives the ligature ŚLa:

  • હ્ (h) + લ (la) gives the ligature HLa:

Javanese La

Telugu La

Telugu La
Telugu subjoined La
Telugu independent and subjoined La.

La () is a consonant of the Telugu abugida. It ultimately arose from the Brahmi letter L. It is closely related to the Kannada letter . Since it lacks the v-shaped headstroke common to most Telugu letters, ల remains unaltered by most vowel matras, and its subjoined form is simply a smaller version of the normal letter shape. Telugu conjuncts are created by reducing trailing letters to a subjoined form that appears below the initial consonant of the conjunct. Many subjoined forms are created by dropping their headline, with many extending the end of the stroke of the main letter body to form an extended tail reaching up to the right of the preceding consonant. This subjoining of trailing letters to create conjuncts is in contrast to the leading half forms of Devanagari and Bengali letters. Ligature conjuncts are not a feature in Telugu, with the only non-standard construction being an alternate subjoined form of Ṣa (borrowed from Kannada) in the KṢa conjunct.

Telugu Lla

Telugu Lla
Telugu subjoined Lla
Telugu independent and subjoined Lla.

In addition, Telugu has a second /l/ consonant Lla (). It is closely related to the Kannada letter . Most Telugu consonants contain a v-shaped headstroke that is related to the horizontal headline found in other Indic scripts, although headstrokes do not connect adjacent letters in Telugu. The headstroke is normally lost when adding vowel matras.

Malayalam La

Malayalam letter La

La () is a consonant of the Malayalam abugida. It ultimately arose from the Brahmi letter L, via the Grantha letter La La. Like in other Indic scripts, Malayalam consonants have the inherent vowel "a", and take one of several modifying vowel signs to represent syllables with another vowel or no vowel at all.

Malayalam La matras: La, Lā, Li, Lī, Lu, Lū, Lr̥, Lr̥̄, Ll̥, Ll̥̄, Le, Lē, Lai, Lo, Lō, Lau, and L.

Conjuncts of ല

Malayalam letter Chillu L

As is common in Indic scripts, Malayalam joins letters together to form conjunct consonant clusters. There are several ways in which conjuncts are formed in Malayalam texts: using a post-base form of a trailing consonant placed under the initial consonant of a conjunct, a combined ligature of two or more consonants joined together, a conjoining form that appears as a combining mark on the rest of the conjunct, the use of an explicit candrakkala mark to suppress the inherent "a" vowel, or a special consonant form called a "chillu" letter, representing a bare consonant without the inherent "a" vowel. Texts written with the modern reformed Malayalam orthography, put̪iya lipi, may favor more regular conjunct forms than older texts in paḻaya lipi, due to changes undertaken in the 1970s by the Government of Kerala.

  • ല് (l) + ക (ka) gives the ligature lka:

  • ല് (l) + പ (pa) gives the ligature lpa:

  • ല് (l) + ല (la) gives the ligature lla:

  • ക് (k) + ഷ് (ṣ) + ല (la) gives the ligature kṣla:

Malayalam Ḷa

Malayalam letter Ḷa

Ḷa () is a consonant of the Malayalam abugida. Like in other Indic scripts, Malayalam consonants have the inherent vowel "a", and take one of several modifying vowel signs to represent syllables with another vowel or no vowel at all.

Malayalam Ḷa matras: Ḷa, Ḷā, Ḷi, Ḷī, Ḷu, Ḷū, Ḷr̥, Ḷr̥̄, Ḷl̥, Ḷl̥̄, Ḷe, Ḷē, Ḷai, Ḷo, Ḷō, Ḷau, and Ḷ.

Conjuncts of ള

Malayalam letter Chillu Ḷ

As is common in Indic scripts, Malayalam joins letters together to form conjunct consonant clusters. There are several ways in which conjuncts are formed in Malayalam texts: using a post-base form of a trailing consonant placed under the initial consonant of a conjunct, a combined ligature of two or more consonants joined together, a conjoining form that appears as a combining mark on the rest of the conjunct, the use of an explicit candrakkala mark to suppress the inherent "a" vowel, or a special consonant form called a "chillu" letter, representing a bare consonant without the inherent "a" vowel. Texts written with the modern reformed Malayalam orthography, put̪iya lipi, may favor more regular conjunct forms than older texts in paḻaya lipi, due to changes undertaken in the 1970s by the Government of Kerala.

  • ള് (ḷ) + ള (ḷa) gives the ligature ḷḷa:

Malayalam Ḻa

Malayalam letter Ḻa

Ḻa () is a consonant of the Malayalam abugida. Like in other Indic scripts, Malayalam consonants have the inherent vowel "a", and take one of several modifying vowel signs to represent syllables with another vowel or no vowel at all.

Malayalam Ḻa matras: Ḻa, Ḻā, Ḻi, Ḻī, Ḻu, Ḻū, Ḻr̥, Ḻr̥̄, Ḻl̥, Ḻl̥̄, Ḻe, Ḻē, Ḻai, Ḻo, Ḻō, Ḻau, and Ḻ.

Conjuncts of ഴ

Malayalam letter Chillu Ḻ

As is common in Indic scripts, Malayalam joins letters together to form conjunct consonant clusters. There are several ways in which conjuncts are formed in Malayalam texts: using a post-base form of a trailing consonant placed under the initial consonant of a conjunct, a combined ligature of two or more consonants joined together, a conjoining form that appears as a combining mark on the rest of the conjunct, the use of an explicit candrakkala mark to suppress the inherent "a" vowel, or a special consonant form called a "chillu" letter, representing a bare consonant without the inherent "a" vowel. Texts written with the modern reformed Malayalam orthography, put̪iya lipi, may favor more regular conjunct forms than older texts in paḻaya lipi, due to changes undertaken in the 1970s by the Government of Kerala.

  • ഴ് (ḻ) + ക (ka) gives the ligature ḻka:

Odia La

Odia independent letter La
Odia subjoined letter La
Odia independent and subjoined letter La.

La () is a consonant of the Odia abugida. It ultimately arose from the Brahmi letter L, via the Siddhaṃ letter La La. Like in other Indic scripts, Odia consonants have the inherent vowel "a", and take one of several modifying vowel signs to represent syllables with another vowel or no vowel at all.

Odia La with vowel matras
LaLiLuLr̥Lr̥̄Ll̥Ll̥̄LeLaiLoLauL
ଲାଲିଲୀଲୁଲୂଲୃଲୄଲୢଲୣଲେଲୈଲୋଲୌଲ୍

As is common in Indic scripts, Odia joins letters together to form conjunct consonant clusters. The most common conjunct formation is achieved by using a small subjoined form of trailing consonants. Most consonants' subjoined forms are identical to the full form, just reduced in size, although a few drop the curved headline or have a subjoined form not directly related to the full form of the consonant. The subjoined form of La is one of these mismatched forms, and is referred to as "La Phala". The second type of conjunct formation is through pure ligatures, where the constituent consonants are written together in a single graphic form. ଲ generates conjuncts only by subjoining and does not form ligatures.

Odia Ḷa

Odia independent letter Ḷa
Odia subjoined letter Ḷa
Odia independent and subjoined letter Ḷa.

Odia also has a second La character, (Ḷa). It is descended from the Siddhaṃ letter Ḷa Ḷa. Like other Odia letters, ଳ has the inherent vowel "a", and takes one of several modifying vowel signs to represent syllables with another vowel or no vowel at all.

Odia Ḷa with vowel matras
ḶaḶāḶiḶīḶuḶūḶr̥Ḷr̥̄Ḷl̥Ḷl̥̄ḶeḶaiḶoḶau
ଳାଳିଳୀଳୁଳୂଳୃଳୄଳୢଳୣଳେଳୈଳୋଳୌଳ୍

Like the letter ଲ, ଳ generates conjuncts only by subjoining and does not form ligatures.

Kaithi La

Kaithi consonant La
Kaithi consonant La.

La (𑂪) is a consonant of the Kaithi abugida. It ultimately arose from the Brahmi letter L, via the Siddhaṃ letter La La. Like in other Indic scripts, Kaithi consonants have the inherent vowel "a", and take one of several modifying vowel signs to represent syllables with another vowel or no vowel at all.

Kaithi La with vowel matras
LaLiLuLeLaiLoLauL
𑂪𑂪𑂰𑂪𑂱𑂪𑂲𑂪𑂳𑂪𑂴𑂪𑂵𑂪𑂶𑂪𑂷𑂪𑂸𑂪𑂹

Conjuncts of 𑂪

As is common in Indic scripts, Kaithi joins letters together to form conjunct consonant clusters. The most common conjunct formation is achieved by using a half form of preceding consonants, although several consonants use an explicit virama. Most half forms are derived from the full form by removing the vertical stem. As is common in most Indic scripts, conjucts of ra are indicated with a repha or rakar mark attached to the rest of the consonant cluster. In addition, there are a few vertical conjuncts that can be found in Kaithi writing, but true ligatures are not used in the modern Kaithi script.

  • 𑂩୍ (r) + 𑂪 (la) gives the ligature rla:

Comparison of La

The various Indic scripts are generally related to each other through adaptation and borrowing, and as such the glyphs for cognate letters, including La, are related as well. Where multiple characters are shown, the final character is Ḷa, except for Tocharian, New Tai Lue and Tai Viet.

Comparison of La in different scripts
Aramaic
La
Kharoṣṭhī
𐨫
Ashoka Brahmi
La
Kushana Brahmi[lower-alpha 1]
La
Tocharian[lower-alpha 2]
La / La
Gupta Brahmi
La
Pallava
La
Kadamba
-
Bhaiksuki
𑰩
Siddhaṃ
La
Grantha
𑌲 / 𑌳
Cham
Sinhala
 / 
Pyu /
Old Mon[lower-alpha 3]
-
Tibetan
La
Newa
𑐮
Ahom
𑜎
Malayalam
 / 
Telugu
 / 
Burmese
 / 
Lepcha
Ranjana
La
Saurashtra
 / 
Dives Akuru
𑤨 / 𑤮
Kannada
 / 
Kayah Li
Limbu
Soyombo[lower-alpha 4]
𑩽
Khmer
 / 
Tamil
La / La
Chakma
𑄣
Tai Tham
 / 
Meitei Mayek
Gaudi
-
Thai
 / 
Lao
/ຫຼ/
Tai Le
Marchen
𑲋
Tirhuta
𑒪
New Tai Lue
 / 
Tai Viet
 / 
Aksara Kawi
La
'Phags-pa
Odia
 / 
Sharada
𑆬
Rejang
Batak
Buginese
Zanabazar Square
𑨬
Bengali-Assamese
La
Takri
𑚥
Javanese
Balinese
Makasar
𑻮
Hangul[lower-alpha 5]
Northern Nagari
-
Dogri
𑠥
Laṇḍā
-
Sundanese
Baybayin
Modi
𑘩
Gujarati
Khojki
𑈧
Khudabadi
𑋚
Mahajani
𑅮
Tagbanwa
Devanagari
La
Nandinagari
𑧉
Kaithi
La
Gurmukhi
Multani
𑊣
Buhid
Canadian Syllabics[lower-alpha 6]
-
Soyombo[lower-alpha 7]
𑩽
Sylheti Nagari
Gunjala Gondi
𑵵
Masaram Gondi[lower-alpha 8]
𑴧
Hanuno'o
Notes
  1. The middle "Kushana" form of Brahmi is a later style that emerged as Brahmi scripts were beginning to proliferate. Gupta Brahmi was definitely a stylistic descendant from Kushana, but other Brahmi-derived scripts may have descended from earlier forms.
  2. Tocharian is probably derived from the middle period "Kushana" form of Brahmi, although artifacts from that time are not plentiful enough to establish a definite succession.
  3. Pyu and Old Mon are probably the precursors of the Burmese script, and may be derived from either the Pallava or Kadamba script
  4. May also be derived from Devangari (see bottom left of table)
  5. The Origin of Hangul from 'Phags-pa is one of limited influence, inspiring at most a few basic letter shapes. Hangul does not function as an Indic abugida.
  6. Although the basic letter forms of the Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics were derived from handwritten Devanagari letters, this abugida indicates vowel sounds by rotations of the letter form, rather than the use of vowel diacritics as is standard in Indic abugidas.
  7. May also be derived from Ranjana (see above)
  8. Masaram Gondi acts as an Indic abugida, but its letterforms were not derived from any single precursor script.

Character encodings of La

Most Indic scripts are encoded in the Unicode Standard, and as such the letter La in those scripts can be represented in plain text with unique codepoint. La from several modern-use scripts can also be found in legacy encodings, such as ISCII.

Character information
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Unicode name DEVANAGARI LETTER LA BENGALI LETTER LA GUJARATI LETTER LA
Encodingsdecimalhexdechexdechex
Unicode2354U+09322482U+09B22738U+0AB2
UTF-8224 164 178E0 A4 B2224 166 178E0 A6 B2224 170 178E0 AA B2
Numeric character referenceललললલલ
ISCII209D1209D1209D1
  • See further below for Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam and Gurmukhi codepoints.


Character information
Preview𐨫
Unicode name KHAROSHTHI LETTER LA SIDDHAM LETTER LA
Encodingsdecimalhexdechex
Unicode68139U+10A2B71081U+115A9
UTF-8240 144 168 171F0 90 A8 AB240 145 150 169F0 91 96 A9
UTF-1655298 56875D802 DE2B55301 56745D805 DDA9
Numeric character reference𐨫𐨫𑖩𑖩
  • See further below for Brahmi and Grantha codepoints.


Character information
Preview𑨬𑐮𑰩𑆬
Unicode name TIBETAN LETTER LA TIBETAN SUBJOINED LETTER LA PHAGS-PA LETTER LA ZANABAZAR SQUARE LETTER LA NEWA LETTER LA BHAIKSUKI LETTER LA SHARADA LETTER LA
Encodingsdecimalhexdechexdechexdechexdechexdechexdechex
Unicode3939U+0F634019U+0FB343097U+A85972236U+11A2C70702U+1142E72745U+11C2970060U+111AC
UTF-8224 189 163E0 BD A3224 190 179E0 BE B3234 161 153EA A1 99240 145 168 172F0 91 A8 AC240 145 144 174F0 91 90 AE240 145 176 169F0 91 B0 A9240 145 134 172F0 91 86 AC
UTF-1639390F6340190FB343097A85955302 56876D806 DE2C55301 56366D805 DC2E55303 56361D807 DC2955300 56748D804 DDAC
Numeric character referenceལལླླꡙꡙ𑨬𑨬𑐮𑐮𑰩𑰩𑆬𑆬


Character information
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Unicode name MYANMAR LETTER LA MYANMAR LETTER LLA
Encodingsdecimalhexdechex
Unicode4124U+101C4128U+1020
UTF-8225 128 156E1 80 9C225 128 160E1 80 A0
Numeric character referenceလလဠဠ
  • See further below for Tai Tham and New Tai Lue codepoints.


Character information
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Unicode name KHMER LETTER LO KHMER LETTER LA THAI CHARACTER LO LING THAI CHARACTER LO CHULA TAI VIET LETTER HIGH LO TAI VIET LETTER LOW LO
Encodingsdecimalhexdechexdechexdechexdechexdechex
Unicode6043U+179B6049U+17A13621U+0E253628U+0E2C43689U+AAA943688U+AAA8
UTF-8225 158 155E1 9E 9B225 158 161E1 9E A1224 184 165E0 B8 A5224 184 172E0 B8 AC234 170 169EA AA A9234 170 168EA AA A8
Numeric character referenceលលឡឡลลฬฬꪩꪩꪨꪨ
  • See further below for Lao codepoints.


Character information
Preview𑄣𑜎
Unicode name KAYAH LI LETTER LA CHAKMA LETTER LAA TAI LE LETTER LA AHOM LETTER LA CHAM LETTER LA
Encodingsdecimalhexdechexdechexdechexdechex
Unicode43292U+A91C69923U+111236488U+195871438U+1170E43556U+AA24
UTF-8234 164 156EA A4 9C240 145 132 163F0 91 84 A3225 165 152E1 A5 98240 145 156 142F0 91 9C 8E234 168 164EA A8 A4
UTF-1643292A91C55300 56611D804 DD236488195855301 57102D805 DF0E43556AA24
Numeric character referenceꤜꤜ𑄣𑄣ᥘᥘ𑜎𑜎ꨤꨤ
  • See further below for Sinhala, Dives Akura and Saurashtra codepoints.


Character information
Preview𑘩𑧉𑩽𑵵
Unicode name MODI LETTER LA NANDINAGARI LETTER LA SOYOMBO LETTER LA SYLOTI NAGRI LETTER LO GUNJALA GONDI LETTER LA KAITHI LETTER LA
Encodingsdecimalhexdechexdechexdechexdechexdechex
Unicode71209U+1162972137U+119C972317U+11A7D43039U+A81F73077U+11D7569802U+110AA
UTF-8240 145 152 169F0 91 98 A9240 145 167 137F0 91 A7 89240 145 169 189F0 91 A9 BD234 160 159EA A0 9F240 145 181 181F0 91 B5 B5240 145 130 170F0 91 82 AA
UTF-1655301 56873D805 DE2955302 56777D806 DDC955302 56957D806 DE7D43039A81F55303 56693D807 DD7555300 56490D804 DCAA
Numeric character reference𑘩𑘩𑧉𑧉𑩽𑩽ꠟꠟ𑵵𑵵𑂪𑂪


Character information
Preview𑒪𑲋
Unicode name TIRHUTA LETTER LA LEPCHA LETTER LA LIMBU LETTER LA MEETEI MAYEK LETTER LAI MARCHEN LETTER LA
Encodingsdecimalhexdechexdechexdechexdechex
Unicode70826U+114AA7196U+1C1C6423U+191743970U+ABC272843U+11C8B
UTF-8240 145 146 170F0 91 92 AA225 176 156E1 B0 9C225 164 151E1 A4 97234 175 130EA AF 82240 145 178 139F0 91 B2 8B
UTF-1655301 56490D805 DCAA71961C1C6423191743970ABC255303 56459D807 DC8B
Numeric character reference𑒪𑒪ᰜᰜᤗᤗꯂꯂ𑲋𑲋


Character information
Preview𑚥𑠥𑈧𑋚𑅮𑊣
Unicode name TAKRI LETTER LA DOGRA LETTER LA KHOJKI LETTER LA KHUDAWADI LETTER LA MAHAJANI LETTER LA MULTANI LETTER LA
Encodingsdecimalhexdechexdechexdechexdechexdechex
Unicode71333U+116A571717U+1182570183U+1122770362U+112DA69998U+1116E70307U+112A3
UTF-8240 145 154 165F0 91 9A A5240 145 160 165F0 91 A0 A5240 145 136 167F0 91 88 A7240 145 139 154F0 91 8B 9A240 145 133 174F0 91 85 AE240 145 138 163F0 91 8A A3
UTF-1655301 56997D805 DEA555302 56357D806 DC2555300 56871D804 DE2755300 57050D804 DEDA55300 56686D804 DD6E55300 56995D804 DEA3
Numeric character reference𑚥𑚥𑠥𑠥𑈧𑈧𑋚𑋚𑅮𑅮𑊣𑊣


Character information
Preview𑻮
Unicode name BALINESE LETTER LA BATAK LETTER LA BUGINESE LETTER LA JAVANESE LETTER LA MAKASAR LETTER LA REJANG LETTER LA SUNDANESE LETTER LA
Encodingsdecimalhexdechexdechexdechexdechexdechexdechex
Unicode6958U+1B2E7134U+1BDE6674U+1A1243437U+A9AD73454U+11EEE43326U+A93E7068U+1B9C
UTF-8225 172 174E1 AC AE225 175 158E1 AF 9E225 168 146E1 A8 92234 166 173EA A6 AD240 145 187 174F0 91 BB AE234 164 190EA A4 BE225 174 156E1 AE 9C
UTF-1669581B2E71341BDE66741A1243437A9AD55303 57070D807 DEEE43326A93E70681B9C
Numeric character referenceᬮᬮᯞᯞᨒᨒꦭꦭ𑻮𑻮ꤾꤾᮜᮜ


Character information
Preview𑴧
Unicode name TAGALOG LETTER LA TAGBANWA LETTER LA BUHID LETTER LA HANUNOO LETTER LA MASARAM GONDI LETTER LA
Encodingsdecimalhexdechexdechexdechexdechex
Unicode5902U+170E5998U+176E5966U+174E5934U+172E72999U+11D27
UTF-8225 156 142E1 9C 8E225 157 174E1 9D AE225 157 142E1 9D 8E225 156 174E1 9C AE240 145 180 167F0 91 B4 A7
UTF-165902170E5998176E5966174E5934172E55303 56615D807 DD27
Numeric character referenceᜎᜎᝮᝮᝎᝎᜮᜮ𑴧𑴧


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Unicode name MALAYALAM LETTER LA MALAYALAM LETTER CHILLU L MALAYALAM LETTER LLA MALAYALAM LETTER CHILLU LL GURMUKHI LETTER LA GURMUKHI LETTER LLA
Encodingsdecimalhexdechexdechexdechexdechexdechex
Unicode3378U+0D323453U+0D7D3379U+0D333454U+0D7E2610U+0A322611U+0A33
UTF-8224 180 178E0 B4 B2224 181 189E0 B5 BD224 180 179E0 B4 B3224 181 190E0 B5 BE224 168 178E0 A8 B2224 168 179E0 A8 B3
Numeric character referenceലലൽൽളളൾൾਲਲਲ਼ਲ਼
Character information
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Ashoka
Kushana
Gupta
𑁵𑌲𑌳
Unicode name BRAHMI LETTER LA BRAHMI LETTER OLD TAMIL LLA GRANTHA LETTER LA GRANTHA LETTER LLA
Encodingsdecimalhexdechexdechexdechex
Unicode69678U+1102E69749U+1107570450U+1133270451U+11333
UTF-8240 145 128 174F0 91 80 AE240 145 129 181F0 91 81 B5240 145 140 178F0 91 8C B2240 145 140 179F0 91 8C B3
UTF-1655300 56366D804 DC2E55300 56437D804 DC7555300 57138D804 DF3255300 57139D804 DF33
Numeric character reference𑀮𑀮𑁵𑁵𑌲𑌲𑌳𑌳
Character information
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Unicode name TAI THAM LETTER LA TAI THAM CONSONANT SIGN MEDIAL LA TAI THAM LETTER LAE TAI THAM CONSONANT SIGN LA TANG LAI TAI THAM LETTER LLA NEW TAI LUE LETTER LOW LA NEW TAI LUE LETTER HIGH LA NEW TAI LUE SIGN LAE NEW TAI LUE SIGN LAEV
Encodingsdecimalhexdechexdechexdechexdechexdechexdechexdechexdechex
Unicode6723U+1A436742U+1A566739U+1A536743U+1A576730U+1A4A6559U+199F6556U+199C6622U+19DE6623U+19DF
UTF-8225 169 131E1 A9 83225 169 150E1 A9 96225 169 147E1 A9 93225 169 151E1 A9 97225 169 138E1 A9 8A225 166 159E1 A6 9F225 166 156E1 A6 9C225 167 158E1 A7 9E225 167 159E1 A7 9F
Numeric character referenceᩃᩃᩖᩖᩓᩓᩗᩗᩊᩊᦟᦟᦜᦜ᧞᧞᧟᧟
Character information
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Unicode name LAO LETTER LO LOOT LAO SEMIVOWEL SIGN LO LAO LETTER PALI LLA
Encodingsdecimalhexdechexdechex
Unicode3749U+0EA53772U+0EBC3756U+0EAC
UTF-8224 186 165E0 BA A5224 186 188E0 BA BC224 186 172E0 BA AC
Numeric character referenceລລຼຼຬຬ

References

  1. Ifrah, Georges (2000). The Universal History of Numbers. From Prehistory to the Invention of the Computer. New York: John Wiley & Sons. pp. 447–450. ISBN 0-471-39340-1.
  2. 1 2 Bühler, Georg (1898). "On the Origin of the Indian Brahmi Alphabet". archive.org. Karl J. Trübner. Retrieved 10 June 2020.
  3. Evolutionary chart, Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal Vol 7, 1838
  4. Pall, Peeter. "Microsoft Word - kblhi2" (PDF). Eesti Keele Instituudi kohanimeandmed. Eesti Keele Instituudi kohanimeandmed. Retrieved 19 June 2020.
  5. "The Bengali Alphabet" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-09-28.
^note Conjuncts are identified by IAST transliteration, except aspirated consonants are indicated with a superscript "h" to distinguish from an unaspirated cononant + Ha, and the use of the IPA "ŋ" and "ʃ" instead of the less dinstinctive "ṅ" and "ś".
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