Ll ll — Welsh for ll ll
CYLl ll
ENLl ll
LL — tongue behind top teeth, blow air out the sides
Sound by sound
- llLL
- ee
- woo
As in llew · lion
No English sound — the star letter
How to say ll
There is no English sound for this. It is the one letter worth practising on its own.
- 1Say l.
- 2Hold your tongue there.
- 3Blow air out the sides — no voice.
Practise on these
- llaw
- llew
- Llanelli
The last one is a place name — you have probably read it on a road sign.