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The fourteenth letter of the Spanish alphabet, a digraph representing a consonant sound traditionally pronounced as a palatal lateral approximant, now often pronounced as a voiced palatal fricative or similar sound in many regional dialects
En español, la palabra 'llave' empieza con ll.
In Spanish, the word 'key' starts with ll.
Etymology
Ll developed as a digraph in Old Spanish from the combination of two separate 'l' sounds that merged over time. It was officially recognized as a single letter in Spanish orthography from the 18th century until 1994, when it was reclassified as a digraph of two 'l' characters.
Memory Aid
Remember that in Spanish, two ls together make a unique sound different from a single l. Think: 'Double l makes a soft sound, unlike the hard single l found in words like 'luz''.