Writing of the /ʎ/ sound in European languages using the Latin alphabet
author: Pochel/reddit, added on: 2025-10-26
Pochel:
Here are some notes about this map:
Yep, regional languages are shown in a widespread way. I know. For those asking, you can see Galician, Asturian, Basque, Catalan, Corsican, Breton, and the Hungarian minority of Slovakia.
The /ʎ/ sound is a very particular sound, not to be confused with /lj/. It can also come in other languages, but I only showed the languages where it is not an allophone but a real significant sound.
French has lost its /ʎ/ almost two hundred years ago, but it was written so: ill or il.
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