Alphabet · Alifbeetada · Consonants

L

L

la
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The sound

L sounds like the English l in "leaf", always clear and made at the front of the mouth, never the dark l heard at the end of English words like "ball".

Example words

Labatwo
Lugleg
Laxsheep

Teaching the letter L

Say the letter with a short a after it, "la", the way Somali children chant the alphabet, then say each example word slowly and let your child find the letter in it. Somali spelling is completely regular, so once a child knows the sound of L they can read it in any word.

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