U+AB38 "ꬸ" Latin Small Letter L with Double Middle Tilde Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ꬸ
U+AB38 "ꬸ" Latin Small Letter L with Double Middle Tilde is a specialized alphabetic symbol used primarily in phonetic transcription, particularly within the context of the Teuthonista and other dialectological frameworks for representing Germanic languages. This character depicts a standard lowercase 'l' with two horizontal wavy lines, or tildes, crossing the middle of the stem, and it denotes a specific type of voiced alveolar lateral approximant that may be velarized, pharyngealized, or otherwise articulated with a secondary resonance. Its inclusion in the Unicode standard allows linguists and researchers to digitally encode rare or dialect-specific sounds that are not covered by the basic Latin alphabet.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+AB38 |
| Version Added | 7.0 |
| Name | Latin Small Letter L with Double Middle Tilde |
| Block | Latin Extended-E |
| General Category | Lowercase Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ꬸ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ꬸ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEA 0xAC 0xB8 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xAB38 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000AB38 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \uab38 |