The Letter L

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This feature is all about L.  Kindly L-aborate... ;-)

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1) What image represented the Egyptian equivalent of our L?

2) How many letters do the Greek have that represents the L sound?

3) The Phoenicians called their letter "lamedh". What does it mean?

4) Using the imagination, what does the lamedh's shape look like?

5) What 2 modifications did the Greek make to this Phoenician letter?

6) What did the first Roman L look like?

7) Over time, what did this Roman letter evolve into? 


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