Welsh
In Welsh, ll stands for a voiceless lateral fricative sound. The IPA signifies this sound as /ɬ/. This sound is very common in place names in Wales because it occurs in the word Llan, meaning "parish" or "church of Saint ...", for example, Llanelli, where the ll appears twice, or the invented place-name Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwyllllantysiliogogogoch, where the ll appears five times. These Welsh place names therefore very often bear simplified pronunciations in English (generally the ll sound being replaced by chl (the ch pronounced as in loch)). In dictionaries, LL is treated as a separate letter from L (e.g. lwc sorts before llaw).
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